Hi, gang.

Do you miss me? I miss you. Luckily, you have the lovely and talented Ms. S to entertain and educate you while I'm away. Just don't forget about me . . .

As you may know, my daughter Hannah has been diagnosed with leukemia. It was caused by one of the medicines she needed to take last year in order to get rid of her tumor. She is going to have to spend the next several months in the hospital kicking the cancer's butt. I am going to be spending a lot of time here as well. I will be planning lessons for you and directing from behind the scenes, but we won't be seeing each other as often as we'd planned. I will come to school whenever I can; I just don't know yet when that is going to be.

You are such excellent classes - I hate that I'm not going to be with you all the time. Be nice to Ms. S, and hopefully I will see you soon.