400 students wave final surprise goodbye to grandmother who waved them off to school for years

Hundreds of students in Comox, B.C., have waved toTinney Davidson on their way to school over the past 12 years.

Shelives in awhite rancher on Guthrie Roadnear Highland Secondary School. Every morning, she's satin a chair by her front window and wavedto teenagers headingto class.

Soon, Davidson won't be in her window when students go to school. At 88, she's moving to anassisted living home.

More than 400 students walkedto Davidson's house together to give one more wave goodbye on Thursday. They crammed together on her front lawn with bouquets of flowers and handmade signs.

Davidson clapped her handswhen she opened her doorand saw standing-room only on the grass.

"Oh, lovely, thank you," she said, holdinga tissue.

Davidson and her late husband, Ken, started waving to the teenagers after the couplemoved into the housein 2007. Soonthe studentswere waving back.

"I just liked the look of the children and they all looked in and I thought, 'If they're looking in, I'll wave to them,' and that's how it started," Davidson said during an interview in 2014.

Davidson continued the wavingtraditionafter her husband died. By then, the high school students were visiting her at home. In 2016,theysurprised her with a school Valentine's Day assemblyin her honour anddecorated her house with red and pink paperhearts.

Davidson, then 86, stood in herdoorway and gave studentshugs when they cameto give her Valentine's cards.

On Thursday, the teenagerscounted down fromthree to blow her a group kiss.

"Love you," one student said before turning to leave.

Davidson waved and said bye back, sitting in a chair that had been set out for her on the front porch.

"Iwas shocked againthat's there's so many kids that want to say goodbye to me," she said.