School Days, Special Days - MTL Magazine

School Days, Special Days - MTL Magazine Welcome back to school.


sat in the car and watched my little first-grader run up the steps. Her backpack swayed from side to side, too light to stay down. How heavy could a new pencil and small pad of lined paper be?




She had gotten out of the car almost before the wheels stopped turning, shouted a quick “Bye, Mom!” over her shoulder, and never looked back.

I, on the other hand, sat in the car with my mouth half open, a big tear threatening to escape one eye as I watched this monumental event in her life. I was only slightly aware that the carpool line now had a big gap where the car in front of me had long ago reached the corner traffic light. The driver behind me was tapping his fingers on the steering wheel wondering if I was ever going to move. And I was not going anywhere until I saw my daughter safely through the door of the school.

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