The Land of In-between

So today is the last day I teach my students from this year. Usually at this point, I'm a bit choked up as I am going to miss them, and all the memories that we have shared this year together. But I'm not. I counted down to this day from months ago. How long, how long, how long. And now, presto. Fini. What a ride. What an insane ride. Yet we all made it. I don't grieve for missing my students, or the school, but I do grieve wondering if this is the last time (for a while) that I will get to conduct and create beautiful music with the students expectantly waiting in front of me.

Give me summer and my boys for a couple months, and we'll see how the chips fall. I'm up for it.