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I popped open my front door in Long Island, my arms overflowing with cards, boxes and bags stuffed with colorful tissue paper. I put the goodbye gifts on the kitchen table and sat down with a sigh. I\u2019m going to miss these kids so much,<\/em> I thought. Today had been my last as a Spanish teacher in a public high school<\/a>, at least for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

A Marine Corps reservist for 12 years, I\u2019d spent one Friday a month and two weeks every summer as an interrogator and translator in the intelligence field. It was meaningful work, and I was proud to serve\u2014with the comfort of coming home in the evenings. Now, however, I\u2019d been called to active duty for Operation Desert Storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other reservists had been called up, but I didn\u2019t believe it would happen to me. Then I received my activation notice on February 4, 1991. I read the letter, almost shaking from nerves, my mind spiraling. What will this mean for me?<\/em> In two weeks, I would report to Camp Pendleton<\/a> in California, but for how long? Would the Marines send me to Kuwait after that? Who would take care of my students?<\/p>\n

The next two weeks went by in a rush. Who should get my power of attorney? What did I need to pack? I told my principal, fellow teachers and students all I knew. \u201cI\u2019m sorry I have to leave you,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m going to California to work for the Warrior Training Command.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of my students were visibly nervous. \u201cAre you going to be okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be fine,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

I wanted to believe that, but I had no idea what to expect or how I would cope without having school life to ground me. Though I had a reputation as a tough teacher\u2014\u201cWatch out, she\u2019s a Marine<\/a>!\u201d\u2014I cared so much about my students. Not just their grades but their feelings, challenges and well-being. I poured my heart into teaching. Did the kids know how much they meant to me?<\/p>\n

I looked at the pile of gifts on my kitchen table, guessing they held perfume, candy and other traditional going-away presents. I unwrapped a box and unfolded tissue paper to find…a Bible? I opened the note attached.<\/p>\n

Dear Miss Nuzzi, This is my most prized possession, my Bible. Prayer<\/a> is so important, especially in times like these. I want you to have it.<\/em><\/p>\n

My breath caught. A sophomore girl had passed on something to me so meaningful, so personal! I picked up a brown paper bag with a note from an eleventh-grade Boy Scout. This is so you don\u2019t lose your way in the desert,<\/em> it said.<\/p>\n

Inside the bag was a small compass. Another box held a Saint Christopher medal from a student who was always drawing in my Spanish class. Sorry about the doodles,<\/em> his note read. Other kids gave me lip balm and hand cream for protection against the desert sun.<\/p>\n

With each gift, my eyes grew wider to the real message of teaching<\/a>. We touch lives not only through classroom les\u00adsons and textbooks but by who we are. And that connection goes both ways. I cared deeply about my students, and they cared about me\u2014enough to send me these tokens of themselves for my journey into the unknown.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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