Back To School – 5TH GRADE!

Here we are! Back to school for BOTH Mazy and I this year!

Last year, I remember the first day of school was hard. I drove away in tears, wishing for life to be different. I was hoping to be back at school to work, but due to still being on immunosuppressants, I wasn’t able to return until January. It felt like another blow after being so excited to come back.

BUT THIS YEAR, I am working a “normal” schedule for Kristin, which hasn’t happened since 2022! When I really think about it, that is a LONG time ago and it’s hard to even believe all that has happened since then! Two diagnoses of leukemia, a heart ablation, and a bone marrow transplant thrown in too. It’s been a wild ride! Granted I was back at school here and there, but not fully. So I think I am just as excited for the first day of school as Mazy is! Now granted today is one of my days off, but we are BOTH ready to be at school together, consistently, and with hope that God will allow our family some normalcy. But it’s all in His hands and this year is in HIS hands, not ours.

So here’s to our now 5TH GRADER and a year of anticipation to see what God will do! As Mazy reminded me, “Mom, I’m going to be a middle schooler next year!” Yes, indeed you are, but you aren’t there yet! We pray you don’t just follow the crowd, but stand up for those who are hurting, choose compassion, and live and love well.

It’s also Mazy’s first day of BAND! She has always dreamed of being a percussionist, like her daddy, and that’s what she will be! She definitely has Dan’s sense of rhythm, not mine, but I secretly think it’s all the Christian rap we listened to that maybe helped? One can only hope…

Thanks to Anna, our sweet neighbor, who took pictures for us today!

Mazy and her 5th grade teacher, Mr. VanSchepen! She couldn’t be more excited for 5th grade and I can’t wait to see what God does in and through her this year!