Sheils Writes

Feeling nostalgic seeing all the back to school pics being shared.  Grateful for the many I’ve found in my collection of photos from my life.

I was the 3rd (& last) child.  There aren’t many photos of me (last child syndrome, big sister, you know you have the most!), but I do seem to find a lot of first day of school pics!  I think there’s such a hope surrounding that one day, so much excitement, anxiety, looking forward to seeing friends, new clothes, haircut & lunchbox!  Oh, and, possibly learning some good fraction stuff, who doesn’t love fractions?!

In this pic I have a binder!  Maybe it was a prop! This is 2nd grade.  What does a 2nd grader bring to school today?  Hopefully a binder to fill with newfound knowledge as well!

I had no idea at this moment what life would turn me into, but I do remember walking to school with my sister, meeting my teacher & classmates, having recess & going to a speech learning center because I said “spaghetti” … puhs-ghetti … I appreciate the nice special ed (apologize if that’s not politically correct) lady who worked extra with me to straighten that out!  I also freed the jail in many games of steal the flag during gym!  Not to mention kite day & the silver tuna, the Scholastic Book Fair!  A fair for books!  It does not get better than that.  Well maybe just on parachute day!

Rock it students of today! These are the times of your life!  May your lunchboxes be full of tangerines & ring dings & your thermos full of apple juice!  It might not contain the amount of sugar mine did, but enjoy every drop!