06/18/2026
💛Some moments feel especially close to your heart.
Once a lion, always a lion 🦁
As a former teacher at Lakeridge Elementary, I was deeply touched to see the Kyra Gupta Courageous Lion Award presented to a student whose courage, resilience, kindness, and perseverance reflect the beautiful legacy Kyra left behind.
While I wasn’t able to be there in person, it felt like a full-circle moment, bringing together the school I once called “home,” Kyra’s Hope Foundation, and the opportunity to contribute a FeelLinks Feelings Journal to the Hope Box 📦 for this year’s recipient, Kyrill. My hope is that it provides a safe space for reflection, emotional growth, and self-discovery as he continues his journey.
✨Kyra’s story continues to remind us that courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s finding the strength to keep going, even when life is hard. Seeing her legacy live on through this award and through students like Kyrill is truly inspiring.
Congratulations, Kyrill, on this well-deserved honor.
Thank you to the and Lakeridge Elementary for continuing to celebrate and uplift children whose light shines brightly through adversity💛🦁