Childhood Memories

My granddaughter, Anastasia, lost her first tooth a couple of weeks ago. It brought back for me lots of memories of teaching kindergarten. I love kids that age, because they adore school, and everything is new and fun. Their enthusiasm is contagious, and the days are never boring.

Sometimes, as adults, I think we forget the joy and fun of doing something new. We get in our ruts, and life trundles along as usual with no pizzazz.

Anastasia will go to kindergarten this fall, and this time next year, she’ll get to do all the fun Valentine activities at school. She’ll be starting a whole series of “firsts”. I hope she can hold onto her childlike sense of wonder and adventure for a long long time.

February 14th is coming up this weekend. Some of us have “sweethearts” and some of us don’t. But we all have a chance to “love” life and take advantage of every day we are lucky enough to have on this earth.

I’m sending out a challenge today to all of us (me included). Find something new to be excited about, or even renew an old love for gardening, reading, painting, playing with a child, anything that gets the creative juices flowing and reminds us why we get up in the morning!

Wishing all of you a Happy Valentine’s Day and a year filled with blessings, good surprises, and new experiences.

Janice Maynard