It’s 6:30 in the morning, the smell of eggs and toast coming from the kitchen. Your clothes are already laid out, your book bag filled with brand news supplies, and you rush down the hall to get ready. It’s the first day of school!
You’re thinking about who will be in your class, if you’ll
have any friends, whether or not your teacher will like you, and you feel a
little anxiety about the upcoming challenges you know you’ll face. Even with that, you can’t wait to go. You can’t wait to get started. It’s the first day of school!
You get on the bus in your crisp new clothes and look around
for someone that might welcome you. You
see two girls with their hair done exactly the same, snuggled together
giggling, then you see four or five boys with their heads down in the back of
the bus unaware you are even there. You
begin to panic but just as soon as you start to doubt, you see a young face
staring right back at you so intently it’s as if you are the only one
around. With that one gesture, you know
you’re all right. It’s the first day of
school!
You get off the bus, to a brand new building that seems like
a whole city. You can see the evidence
of others before you in the scuffs on the sidewalk and the scratches on the
freshly cleaned doors. You walk in with
the echoes of the past ringing in your ears.
It’s the first day of school!
Walking into your new classroom, you know that you will have
much to learn, yet you feel comfort in knowing it is the beginning of what will
be a wonderful year. You know you are
where you’re supposed to be, doing what you’re supposed to do, and that makes
it exactly the right time. There is
nothing to fear …
It is simply the first day of school. 
1 comment:
Love it. Actually felt it!
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