Hugs for my students

I have slowly begun to tell my students I wasn't coming back next year and using Google Earth to show them where I am going.  After all, I'm headed right into the area we have been studying this year.  I showed one class some of the photos that are on Google Earth.  However, when my fourth core class came in this afternoon, one of my favorite students asks, "Are you leaving me, Mrs. Van Dorn?" It about broke my heart.