Chapter 23 - MS. BROOKS RETIRES

Ms. Brooks retired at sixty-eight.
Maisy was twenty-three.
Audrey twenty-five.
Both attended.
No family speech from me.
The students spoke.
Audrey said:
“She taught me my performance is mine even when I’m scared.”
Maisy said:
“She had another violin ready.”
Ms. Brooks cried at that.
The spare instrument had become her legacy more than any award.
Prepare help before certainty.
Believe the warning.
May you like
Protect the child’s opportunity.
Simple.