Dave Eggers

And he'd write all these notes and he'd always tell the truth.

And he was hard on me here and there.

He was always like firm about things.

At that point, he was writing his own books.

He wrote a number of novels that were published.

And then he would do something that I recommend to anybody.

He would write down all of his favorite lines from the manuscript and give it back to you.

And through his eyes to see what he had noticed and then the love that took him to like put it all back in handwriting.

Somebody, a peer of mine did this a couple of days ago in an email.

And I was like, oh my God, I haven't never had anyone but Mr. Ferry do this.

But everybody should do it.

And it made me think I have to do this with friends too, because it's different than just saying good job.

It makes it 10 times better.

And you're like, oh yeah, I forgot that.

I did that.

So he did that until he passed away a few years ago.

But I still have a few of my old teachers in my life, including my fifth grade teacher who made us write a book and

I'm going to see her in Chicago in about a month.

Great.

So it's mostly teachers that I stayed close with, especially when my parents passed, like they became some of the crucial adults in my life that kept in touch on purpose.