Love, Rosie (251 page)

too
so
get
your
dancing
shoes
on
(of
course
in
your
case
I
don’t
mean
that

literally.
No
one
wants
to
see
salsa
shoes
in
a
nightclub).
She
did
brilliantly

in
her
exams
and
got
accepted
to
a
few
college
business
courses
but
she’s

going
to
stick
to
her
original
idea
of
trying
out
DJ-ing.

Toby
got
enough
points
for
dentistry
in
Trinity
College
which
is
wonder-

ful
news
so
overall
everyone
is
happy,
happy,
happy!

You
know
when
I
was
18
I
missed
out
on
going
to
Boston
and
I
thought

my
world
had
ended.
While
all
my
friends
were
partying
and
studying
I
was

cleaning
dirty
nappies.
I
thought
my
dream
was
lost.
Never
in
a
million
years

370

Cecelia
Ahern

did
I
think
that
I
would
be
able
to
share
this
special
moment
with
my

teenage
daughter.

Everything
does
happen
for
a
reason.
I’ll
just
be
so
sad
to
see
my
baby

go
away.
The
day
I’ve
been
preparing
for
has
finally
arrived,
Katie
is
spread-

ing
her
wings
and
moving
on
and
I
must
do
the
same.
I
think
I
might
be

close
to
gathering
enough
money
to
buy
that
train
ticket
out
of
here.

Rosie
Dunne
is
leaving
the
station
and
moving
on.
Finally.

Rosie
Dunne,

Northstrand

Dublin
1,

Ireland

Dear
Rosie,

Congratulations
on
your
recent
exam
results,
you
have
proved
yourself

to
be
a
true
achiever
and
should
feel
proud.

Keeping
my
promise,
I
am
delighted
to
inform
you
on
behalf
of
all
of
us

here
at
St.
Patrick’s
Primary
School
that
your
services
are
no
longer
required.

Your
contract
with
us
will
not
be
up
for
renewal
in
August.

We
are
sorry
to
see
you
go
but
you
have
to.
My
retirement
was
one
year

later
than
planned
but
it
was
worth
hanging
around
to
see
you
succeed.

Rosie
Dunne,
you
have
been
the
longest
project
of
my
life,
my
eldest
and

longest-serving
student,
and
although
we
may
have
had
a
rocky
start
and
an

even
rockier
middle,
I
am
so
glad
to
see
you
succeed
at
the
end.

Your
hard
work
and
dedication
are
an
inspiration
to
us
all
and
I
wish

you
all
the
best
for
the
future.
I
do
hope
you
keep
in
touch
and
I
would
love

to
see
you
attend
my
retirement
party
for
which
you
will
receive
an
invita-

tion
shortly.
I
ask
that
you
forward
on
an
invitation
to
Alex
Stewart
too.

After
years
of
separating
the
two
of
you
it
would
be
nice
to
see
you
both