I have an incredible story to share with you all. Many of you might not believe it but it's true. As you may know my 92-year-old father passed away in his sleep on the morning of December 22nd . He always told me he'd die in his sleep. Prior to his passing and in fact on multiple occasions over the course of years, I'd ask the old man just as I'd asked my mother on the beach that night back in '98: "When you die if you can let me know you're there, okay? Give me a sign ." And to my father specifically: "You know I like playing cards. Send me lots of cards." Skeptically the old man always agreed. This past Thursday, February 1, 2018, after I finished teaching the final chapter of The Great Gatsby at a local high school—my alma mater as a matter of fact—I found myself traversing the staff parking lot once more. A month earlier I began my tenure as a student teacher in Kyle Saad's English classes at Palm Dese