The Last Week...

This is the last week of school, and as it goes I really look forward to the break of summer. It gives me time to regroup, to evaluate, to make plans for the future. But, being the last week of school, it also means that I have to say goodbye to some people who have shared seven years of my life. I still remember sixth grade band...practicing on a stage in an old soon to be shut down school, or in the hallway of an old soon to be shut down school. I have watched them change and grow, attempt and accomplish, move forward and excel. I have been impressed with them, all of them, whether they finished out band in junior high and high school or not. So I just want to say to those who will walk across that stage this Saturday and out into the world...thank you for walking into my life and making it richer. I wish you all the success and happiness that is possible, even more than you can imagine. Congratulations!