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At her kindergarten graduation in 2007, Calyssa’s teacher, Ms. Fisher, promised to celebrate her future high school graduation

Calyssa went through motherhood, college, and graduate school before she was finally able to reconnect with her old teacher

A single photo posted to TikTok sparked a viral reunion — and revealed striking parallels in both women’s journeys

A shy kindergartner named Calyssa clutched a flower at her first graduation ceremony, tears in her eyes as her teacher promised she’d be there to cheer her on again when she finished high school.

Nearly two decades later, that moment — captured in a single photo and shared on TikTok — connected millions of strangers and brought Calyssa back to that same teacher.

“I did not expect it to resonate with so many peop

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