Sophie 25th March 2023

It has been many years since I was in your Czech lessons at Leeds Uni, dear Petra. I think we had our last lessons in April of 2010 and I hope you were not ill back then. I remember how kind and fun you were in our lessons, and never strict even if we did not have our homework completed in time. I was sorry to hear the university was no longer wanting to continue paying for the lessons but I remember you saying you would do more interpreting instead. I sent you an email at the end of our semester saying I really appreciated what a great teacher you were however I don't think it reached you in time before the university closed your email address as the course had been cancelled. I remember one day it snowed and the school was shut so you bought Misa and Toni in and Misa played with a tablet whilst Toni sat drawing and then I helped Toni zip up her snowsuit. I only found you were ill when I returned from my year abroad via my Russian teacher James who was part of the Czech Society and was very sad to see you had passed not long after I had learned you were ill. Wishing you and your family peace and fond memories of you -x-