Slices

A former student messaged me today that she’s doing well in Calc 2 but “would be failing without the Peterson Diagram.”

While I very much doubt her words, I love that she remembers what she learned in our classroom.

Every quick message they send is a reminder that all the little stuff adds up. The day to day, the in and out…that’s what makes our kids, our kids. I will never tire of saying it: just like an integral inches closer to the final picture by adding each infinitesimal slice—each tiny moment in time—so, too, we act as each other’s integrals…inching one another forward to our callings. One moment at a time. One message at a time. One hug at a time. One laugh. One tear.

Each moment we stop to recognize the humanity in each other we add another slice to that integral.