Going to School for Life

I never imagined when I was in high school, that I would choose to go to school for the rest of my life.  I still get up early moaning and groaning, but by the time I arrive, I take a breath, and say "I have the best job on the planet."  I work at a school where I walk down the dirt driveway, passing the soccer field, smell some lavender from the little flower garden outside my classroom and enter my classroom with big windows and sky lights.  Sometimes butterflies, moths, worms, and crickets get into the room.  Sometimes there are deer, turkeys, elk, and other animals passing by the school yard or hanging out.  The students and I have the benefit of having life interacting with our music making, and when the power went out last winter, one of my second grade students said, "We don't need power, we can light up the room with our voices."  They teach me so much.  I love to learn from them.  I guess I never imagined that I would choose to go to school for life and actually love it!