Need to remember this page when we start Gatsby.

Here’s the initial project: Obituaries, The American Dream 1931-2020.

It’s harder and harder for me, as someone whose mind runs to the negative, as someone capable of cutting cynicism, as someone who has watched for years what American poverty and racism does to my beautiful students, to remain positive.

I once heard a child pay tribute to Simon Hauger. She said:

He loves his family.
He loves his students.
He loves his work.

Simple. Remember that.