Good bye Kouya

As a teacher, it is always hard to say good bye to my student, especially, when I won't get a chance to see them ever again. Today, I had to say goodbye to one of my student. He is from Japan, and his family had to move back.
When he came in to my class, he was only a year and a half, he was a little boy who used to cry a lot and looking for his mama. His mama on the other hand, was a very soft spoken, polite, and big hearted woman. She used to carry him on her back, just as many Japanese mom would do.
So, as he cried and cried, I put him on my back and rocked him from side to side, to comfort him, to let him know, that he was secure in his very new class, teachers and school.
The result were unbelievable, he got used to the school very quick, enjoyed every activities that we had, yes, it took him a month to get comfortable, but for the teachers it was all worth ed. He loves school now, he plays in the playground for the whole day, and doesn't want to go home.
His mom spread the news to all of her Japanese friends about our school, about the good teachers we had, as a result, we had many new enquiries from many Japanese, we are so glad and thankful for her.
I made him a special Jinbei from my special batik collection. And tomorrow, the jinbei with dragon fly pattern will fly with him to Japan.
Good bye Kouya, you are always in my heart. Have a great journey, and hope you will remember me one day.