I spy joy at school

Today was the first day of school.  For my daughter, it was the first day of kindergarten — a real milestone. She’s been in daycare for years, but that was daycare.  This is school.  You know, where big kids go. Last week she spent some time walking around the house with her backpack on; testing it out, practicing.  So this morning she felt like a pro.  She walked into that building, sporting her pink Barbie backpack and brand new jeans, cool as a cucumber.  When she sat down at her very own desk with her name on it, she beamed.  A new chapter of her life opening. And true to the joyful spirit that she is, she met it with a smile.

As I stood there, snapping photos among a sea of other proud parents with cameras in hand, joy bubbled up and over Hough Elementary and spilled into the streets.