The First Day

We've bagged the supplies; packed the lunch; met the teachers; and X'd off the laaaaast day on the calendar.

The big day is finally here!

Off I walked our beautiful 5th grader...

and our handsome 2nd grader...

who remind of all that's fresh and good and filled with hope and life.

It's a new school year, and oh the places they'll go!

Hard to believe that just one short year ago, they looked like this:

Which only proves the old adage that time flies fast before they fly away for good.

 

It was the same one-block walk to the same one-story building: the routine is one we know well.

We saw familiar faces and met a few new ones, too.

We waved to some neighbors and dodged one or two sprinklers.

Really, it's no different than it's always been...except that it was.

The kiddos are different. Bigger. Older.

One step closer to growing up and going on - a bittersweet future still a bit away.

But each year's First Day reminds me to treasure all the more the one we're in right now.

The Here. The Now. 

And all the good that is...

The First Day.