CADILLAC â Charlotte Barfield, 97, has been thinking of you for 20 years.
If you were in Heidi Stange s first-grade class at McKinley Elementary almost 20 years ago, you probably drew Barfield a picture at Christmas time. Maybe it was a Christmas tree, a house, Santa or a dog.
Stange gave the drawings to Barfield, along with a little flower your school picture was attached to. The paper flower and photos were stuck inside a two-foot planter with the note Thanks for helping us grow! That was so sweet and thoughtful of Heidi, Barfield said.
Stange says she remembers making the gift for Barfield. It was part of the metaphor Stange, who went on to become a literacy coach and instructional literacy coach, used to help kids become more confident readers.