In my early years of attending Rockwall Christian Writer's Group, I made a friend who's remained a close friend for the last ten years. She had written and published maybe two or three children's chapter books at the time, and now over the years, she's had 14 total books published. I started inviting her to speak to my second graders about ten years ago, then she also started to come to speak to all of our kids for Career Day.
I never got to have her come in 2020 due to COVID, so I asked her to make a video that I could share with my class virtually that year. We couldn't have visitors last year, either, so I shared the video with those kids, too. She was all set to speak for Career Day this year when our school suddenly switched to Level Red for too many COVID cases, so they had to cancel the event. Knowing this was my last year at Bullock, I was determined to still bring her in to visit my second graders before the year ended.
So we finally arranged a date for the last week of school, and I quickly set to reading three of her books aloud to my students to study up on our visiting author before she came. The day finally arrived, and I loved the kids' excitement when she walked into the classroom. As soon as they saw her, they all yelled, "Regina Stone Matthews!!!!"
I'll still be introducing my new students to all of her books, but I sure will miss having the opportunity to have her come speak at my school. Looks like we'll have to arrange a Zoom meeting!
Here are some pics of her visit today:
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