Last Day of School
Another year, another last day of school. I vividly remember Molly’s last day of Kindergarten, we waited for Molly to show up and her teacher led her out, she was smiling and was incredibly happy.
Today was a little bit different. Today being that she was in 1st grade, she would be led out with all of the other kids in the elementary school. The kindergarten let out about noon time, the rest of the school let out at 1:20pm. I waited then thoguht maybe she would coming out the south entrance as opposed to the front entrance. I wandered down to the south entrance, watched as kids came out wandering to their parents. I then decided to go back to the north entrance and there I saw her. She stood next to her last 1st grader teacher she will ever have. She pointed towards me and her teacher let her go. She ran towards me with wreckless abandon. She hugged me and I kissed the top of her head. The smell of mango oranges filled my nose as she hugged me. This would be the last time she would be doing this as a 1st grader.
The principal came over the intercom, wishing everyone a fun and safe summer, he encouraged them to keep reading. It brought a tear to my eye. I could remember the days that I left school for vacation. It brought back a rush of memories that I was really unprepared for. Running out the doors of Smith Elementary, throwing papers and pencils in the air, cheering that I had two and a half months of sleeping in, staying up late, just enjoying the hours of fun ahead.
Molly will sort of have that opportunity. her bed time will increase to 9 from 830, so in fact she will be up till around 930 usually during the summer. Needless to say this is a good day for everyone. She will now be known as my little 2nd grader.