Time

Time is a funny thing, wouldn't you agree? When you're looking ahead at three busy days, do you ever feel like you need a deep breath and a prayer to climb the mountain before you? Then, you come home on a Friday, and do you ever feel like you just packed Monday morning lunches? As a mere human, the passage of time is tough to grasp. What I know is that time is in God's hands. We are each a piece of His great plan and have faith that we move according to His will for our lives. Thank you for pouring a piece of your heart into the letter to your future 18-year-old child to be placed in the time capsule. After celebrating with you this afternoon and observing all that God has developed in your child, so much growth and development in a short nine month span, my imagination can't begin to guess at all He plans to unfold in these special little people over the next decade. I know this, 11 years from now, I'll sit somewhere in the crowd proudly watching our graduates. My heart will skip a beat 23 times as the names of my very first 1st graders are called. I won't see the beautiful 18-year-old young adult. My eyes and my heart will see our seven-year-olds, full of curiosity, spunk and excitement, crossing the stage. For me, time with your child will stop on Friday. This is the year they were mine. I'll always see and hear the 6 and 7-year-olds, no matter how big they get. This year-in-the-life of your child will hold steady in my heart. 

If you were able to make it to our writing celebration, thank you. If you are able to sit with your child sometime soon to read through his/her published pieces, thank you. Each child is so proud of the stories, poems and papers that have been labored over this year. Please celebrate the growth and progress that is evident in this portfolio. The following video shows snapshots of our writers at work as well as a few clips of students who chose to talk on camera for the movie. 

If you were not able to get the time capsule box into school yet, please don't sweat it. We will begin to load our boxes with school goodies next week. The boxes will only be sealed with a ribbon, so please feel free to take your time and add to anything you'd like to the boxes this summer if you'd like. The only stipulation is each child has to cross that stage before opening the box with you :)

Wednesday is our class picnic day. We will have a pizza lunch in the park. Please pack along something for your child to drink and some additional snacks for him or her to munch. We'll have some lunch and play a few team-building games.

Here are a few more pictures from our writing celebration this afternoon.