Kentucky Eighth-grader Gifts Bus Driver Over 80 Heartfelt Letters

Let's be honest about it. The first day of school after summer break can be a bummer for everyone- parents, students, their teachers, the bus drivers. It seems that summer flies by so quickly and the resumption of school gets here before you know it.

Well, classes resumed last Tuesday (August 12th) here in the Daviess County Public School System and it turned out to be an exceptionally happy day for one area bus driver. Stacy Gibbs (known by her passengers as Ms. Stacy) has driven the Route 17 bus for years and she's made a lot of student friends along the way.

One in particular- Sarai- who's now an 8th grader, gave Stacy quite an unexpected surprise. Sarai handed Ms. Stacy a stack full of handwritten letters. Stacy has been Sarai's bus driver for several years now and Sarai calls her "bestie." Over summer break, Sarai wrote her favorite driver a special note every single day.

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As you can see, each letter was addressed to "Mrs. Bestie".

As you can also see in the photo, there were a bunch of letters. In fact, there were over 80 of them. Stacy admits, it "meant so much to me."

Ms. Stacy spent some time over the weekend reading through all the letters. She says, "She tells me about her day, what she did, where she went." Stacy says it also looks like Sarai spent her summer doing a lot of shopping. Oh yeah! She went swimming too.

In addition to letters, Sarai also occasionally gifts Ms. Stacy some Snickers. Stacy says, "She knows I like them."

Not only is Sarai a good friend, she's reportedly a good student as well. Ms. Stacy says, "She does really good in school and has always been a pleasure to have on my bus."