A Teacher's Tribute to Summer

Summer Bliss

It’s here officially! The most wonderful, liberating season of all: summer. To teachers & students alike this is the season of “freedom, liberty & enfranchisement!”

(Act III, Julius Caesar-I really GET how those conspirators must have felt!).

No more alarm clocks, early morning bus rides, over stuffed backpacks, dull homework, school e-mails, grade deadlines, intense lesson planning, frantic essay grading, boring school attire, and disappointing school lunches. The worn out workbooks have been thrown away, the yearbooks filed on the shelf, and the leftover supplies thrown haphazardly into the closet. The last “faculty meeting” (at the local bar) has been attended, the final shred of gossip has been dissected & tossed aside, and the red ink pens are dry: IT IS DONE!!!

Now it’s time for staying up late, watching mindless TV, sleeping in, extra cups of coffee, pool time gossiping, sleepover parties, flip flops and & ponytails, wet beach towels thrown on the floor, melting popsicles, bikes in the driveway, lawn mowing & flower watering, grilling out & eating under the umbrella, outdoor movies, yard sales, library time, whole mornings wasted on cartoons, staying in PJ’s until noon, & good books devoured in a day.

The possibilities are endless…

Summer time’s lack of

premeditation is its most glorious & precious gift.

So here’s to not knowing, to slowing down, to taking a time out,

and living spontaneously & fully in each meaningful or mundane moment.

Ahhhhhhhhh….summer is here!