First Day of Fourth Grade

The sun shone brightly on Andrew’s first morning of Fourth grade. He rose early to prepare for the day. He was very excited to see his Hoonah friends and Mrs. Bidiman. After tons of farewell kisses, Steve and Andrew ventured out the door… off to Andrew's first day of Fourth grade.

At the end of the school day Andrew was still all smiles. We did our “usual” and found Steve to give him some hugs and snag some M-n-M's. We left for home, I on foot, Andrew on his scooter. He shared the highlights of his day, we listened to the calls of the ravens flapping over our heads and noticed the colorful fishing boats coming into the harbor.


Andrew started a new school year today, but in many ways I felt as if many things had simply come full circle. He was a year older, but still my same sweet boy riding his scooter through our tiny Alaskan town.