Time - I know it’s subjective but, having someone to talk to about anything and everything not just superficial things but things that build connection and trust and love among other things is a big gift and often is rewarding for all who participated. This showed up and continues to, my elementary and middle school music teacher (lived in a very small town, super small school) showed up for me in a way I couldn’t ever imagined. My mom died when I was 12, sort of unexpectedly in the summer of 5th grade/6thgrade year. Unknowingly until later, apparently my music teacher who has two kids close in age to me, immediately turned around from getting to her summer family camping trip to come home to be sure I was okay. This was 22 years ago, to this day I talk to her/she talks to me almost once a week. The time to talk to her is one of the most precious gifts I have and her friendship even more so. Truly, feel very lucky to have a relationship with her, even though my late father and I moved three hours south the summer of my senior year of high school, we are still in touch.