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Sep 23
Sep 23 Bobby's Tree

Miss Harvey announced that Bobby’s parents wanted to dedicate a tree for him. He was in our class before he died.

May 23
May 23 Damage

I was swinging ever higher on the swing mounted on a sturdy branch of the immeasurably ancient oak. And then I was on the ground …

May 19
May 19 Throwback

Swati Moheet Agrawal

In the picture, photographed in Burma, my grandmother is seated on the traditional teak chair in the veranda and my grandfather stands behind her in the shadows thrown by a padauk tree …

Sep 23 Sep 23 Bobby's Tree

May 23 May 23 Damage

May 19 May 19 Throwback

Sep 23
Sep 23 Bobby's Tree

May 23
May 23 Damage

May 19
May 19 Throwback