Waiting with Expectancy

I've been here at school since this morning, and I can't leave...
not because there isn't plenty to do at home or a good book awaiting me in my purse, simply because I'm looking forward to the first day of school. Being in this room brings it all back to me.

I compare it to dating someone new and intriguing, except that phase is over for my life as I am happily married now for two years. But that feeling you get when you date someone new where you just can't stop asking them questions about themself, and you love figuring out how they are emotionally wired or what just makes them tick.

I have the best job! Each year I get to begin the school year by getting to know 20 little people. I get to figure out what they have decided they already enjoy in this life, who makes them the happiest; I love to figure out how they emotionally respond in new social settings, and I get to make them feel safe in my classroom. And of course, they are young learners, so I get to teach them things they have never heard before and gauge the look on their faces when they discover something just completely amazing!!

I will treasure these things up, and I continue to wait with expectancy to see what God will do this coming school year!

Suz