Hi there. I first met you over a year ago, you came into my third hour, and pretty soon you had acclimated into the classroom environment. A few weeks after you joined our class, you followed me on Instagram. Instinctively, I followed back. I never thought much about that decision until last week. I was scrolling through Instagram mindlessly, as I always do, then I saw your post. I almost didn’t notice anything at first. It was a nice picture. I liked your dress and I thought that you and your date had coordinated your outfits quite well. Then I began to understand the reality of this photo. COVID. We are a year into a global health emergency, with over 2 million people dead. A quarter of those deaths here, in the United States, and there you were. At Winter Formal. You were beaming, standing in traditional prom-esque poses with your friends. No masks. Just pure happiness on all of your faces. Almost like you and your friends didn’t even know that there was anything out of the ordinary