I have had the distinct pleasure of taking my niece and nephew and a friend’s daughter to school every morning for the last few months. While it added to my morning chaotic routine, it has been enlightening and fun. My niece is currently a sixth grader, my nephew a seventh grader, and my friend’s daughter an eighth grader.
It has been fun watching them grow and mature in middle school. There is one more morning – tomorrow. Today is the last day of escorting the eighth grader to school, and today is her eighth grade graduation day. She was beautiful and glowing this morning.
All three were discussing their hopes for next year’s teachers with the eighth grader giving sage wisdom on the best teachers for my nephew. My nephew giving sage wisdom for my niece. The conversation ran from, “Hope for Mr. Hafernan. You don’t want Mrs. Smith – she’s hard and she’s mean” to “Yeah, but Mrs. Smith doesn’t give book reports.”
As they left the car, the excitement of graduation, moving up to eighth grade, and moving up to seventh grade became a reality for all three. There was no retrieving backpacks from the trunk, just the closing of the car door with me waving “Have a great day!” The eighth grader turned and smiled, and said, “Thank you!”
They are all three moving on!
Dancing Naked 