In a perfect world, all my favorite former students would stay in touch with me on a regular basis through email, IM, and occasional visits and phone calls. But life is not perfect, so I probably keep in occasional touch with about a dozen former students, perhaps one or two contacts per year at most each.

But occasionally one of them surprises me with a visit, and that happened this afternoon when Jessica (class of ‘99) showed up in the Math Lab after school. It was so nice to sit and chat with her for nearly an hour, catching up on her life and a bit of reminiscing.

Thanks, Jessica! You surely made my day today.