Truly Amazed

The starting of school always brought a mixture of excitement, apprehension, and unfortunately dread. Can I share life lessons? Can I modify my goals to the unique makeup of my students? Will I continue to look at each moment "outside the box", not relying on standard educational techniques? I was - and still am - determined to continue to grow as a teacher, mentor, and friend. With retirement, does that end?

I hope not. I have people in my life that I see physically, people that I share my perspectives in an online group of which I am a part, people that I have taught, people that I love. Life has many twists and turns. May we all be like my precious grandson and be truly in awe of even the simplest parts of life.