ok, so bing wasn't singing about the back-to-school season - but i sure am!
i simply love this time of year. the air gets a little crisper, and i now need a coat to walk to the bus in the morning (and sometimes, an umbrella!). big yellow school busses start making their appearances, and sleepy-eyed kids stumble down the street to catch their ride each morning, already thinking forward to columbus day - their first school holiday. fall decorations fill my favorite craft stores, in palettes of red, orange, yellow and brown. clothing stores display warmer clothes in dark tones and thick wools and cottons, ready to bear the turning weather. i know that leaves will begin turning lovely shades of gold and crimson, and the fall holidays i enjoy are on their way. back-to-school sales litter the weekly circulars, and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils brings me back to my own days as a student.
back-to-school represents good things ahead: new challenges, learning new things, a fresh start, and most of all - for a kid, it represents another year older, just like a birthday does to an adult, but far, far more exciting. sometimes i miss being a student (and sometimes, i don't!) but each fall makes me long to go buy a new backpack, notebooks, pencils, pens and all of the other lovely supplies a student needs. not to mention the clothes. oh, how i miss buying a new wardrobe in time for the start of school, and then wearing your cutest outfit for your first day...
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