Dear Ms. EH -
You helped me out so much, you have no idea. I was always so happy to go to 4th hour because of English class and the things we would talk about. I never really thought I was a good writer or even that I had good ideas. I never started thinking that until you began to talk to me and understand my ideas. I guess, in a way, you helped me understand myself through writing.
Ms. EH, thank you for believing in my writing and telling me I do have something. That I can make it in the world as something great. I never thought about my writing until you told me something, I just thought it was nothing. I will certainly miss you when you leave.
Love always,
J.
(...here's the part where I start sobbing hysterically)