Kelly’s third grade teacher, Mr. Franklin, had a tradition of having the kids write a letter to their future senior-in-high-school selves. Kelly’s letter to Kelly arrived this past week, thanks to a great teacher.
Dear Kelly,
How am I? I better be exellent! because your my future and I want my future to be perfect. Now let me tell you a little bit about yourself. You want to be an author, and you want to have a healthy family. Have you ever wondered who the people are in your class? because now you are going to have a lot to learn. You hate those dumb guys (who are not important) Kyle, Tripp, Cody. My best friends are Rachel Cousiar, Taylor Jarrol, Jenniffer Coe, Arielle Byington, and Nikki Weaver (who lives in our neighborhood.)
My teacher is Mr. Franklin he has brown hair and is real funny and nice (but he can get a little strict; he lets us have fun Friday and loves Georgia bulldogs. Your hobbies are soccer, swimming, writeing, drawing, and reading. I wear glasses and have short golden brown hair. I’m pretty scared when I’m alone at night. I hope you brightened up your day!
Love,
You as a third grader
Dear Kelly,I hope I wasn’t too strict on you. I always described you as “fiesty.” I bet you still are! You were a cute skinny little 3rd grader. Congrats on your graduation!
Mr. Franklin
I wonder if he wrote his part then or now? That’s a neat idea. I guess he had to put the stamp on there because rates have changed? Of course, with forever stamps, that wouldn’t be a problem anymore. I wonder if he keeps up with people with different addresses?
The ink looked fresh, and the “I bet you still are!” makes me think current. I am amazed that he is able to keep up with addresses and ship these out. I’m not sure I even know Nicole’s latest address. 🙂
When the kids worked on the letter writing project, Mr. Franklin asked the parents to provide the student’s current mailing address plus the addresses of 2 other people who probably would not move anytime soon. The addresses I gave were Gramalie’s & Grandaddy’s, and Uncle Ted’s.