Having lived in this beautiful college town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains for over 35 years, I'm always energized by the annual influx of excited freshmen and their nervous yet proud parents.
Returning upperclassmen arrive happy to trade their small and restrictive dorm rooms for the freedom of a new apartment or house.
Our streets are clogged with cars bearing out of state plates but local stores and restaurants are packed. Business is booming all over town.
Football season is just around the corner.
The nights are growing cooler. One can feel fall in the air.
It's a great time to be in Boulder!
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Today is the first day of school for the nearly 29,000 students in the Boulder Valley School District and I'm thinking of one very excited first year teacher fulfilling her lifelong dream.
Oh, how I wish I could be a fly on the wall in her classroom today!
Such lucky students to have my daughter Molly as their 4th grade teacher!
You go girl!
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Lastly, a friend posted the message below on his Facebook wall today and I think it bears repeating.
It's a message that should not only apply to students, but one that everyone should consider when dealing with co-workers, neighbors, restaurant servers or store clerks. Be kind to everyone!
To all you kids returning to school: If you see someone who is struggling to make friends or being bullied because they don't have many friends or because they are shy or not as pretty..PLEASE step up! Say hi or at least smile at them in the hallway. You never know what that person might be facing outside of school. Your kindness might just make a BIG difference in someone's life! PARENTS & Grandparents SHOULD REPOST THIS! And kids, study hard, play hard and please have fun this new school year!
