The last day being single before we become one of a pair.
The last day in an apartment before making the move to your first house.
The last day of being just a couple before welcoming your first child.
Simple things like the last day of a good sale or the last day to sign up the kids for little league.
But there is no feeling quite like your kids last day of school. The anticipation builds for what feels like months, but is really only weeks. Every task at school revolves around the "last day". Plans are laid with the "last day" in mind. There are parties to celebrate and celebrations to commemorate. There are chorus concerts and orchestra concerts and the last baseball games of the season. There are final tests and cramming of math facts. There are half days, that let's be honest, are more like thirds of a day, with dismissal mid morning.
As the bus rolled up I could hear the cheering. Kids were laughing and giggling with the anticipation of the upcoming summer. Kim, the bus driver, honked her horn in a symphony of sound, celebrating herself another good year and giving the kids Popsicles as they departed one last time. The kids got off and as the bus rolled away there were tears in my eyes as I realized this was the last day I'd have a 6th grader and a 3rd grader. The last day I'd have a child in elementary school. The last day of another year that went by way too fast.
This was beautiful!
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