my first senior of the year!!! i don’t advertise or do a ton of seniors each year, so i was thrilled when mallory’s mom reached out to me MONTHS ago. her mom was one of my favorite teachers ever and i was so excited to catch up with her and to meet mallory.

sidebar: mallory’s mom is an english teacher. do you know how nerve-wracking it is to send emails back and forth to an english teacher. one of YOUR former english teachers?? especially when you never really use proper punctuation (stylistically, on purpose). i got all tense every time i hit “send.”

mallory isn’t for sure where she’s headed next year or what exactly it is that she’ll be doing. but that’s ok. i have a feeling mallory, who is just sweet as can be, will be amazing wherever she ends up.