Bittersweet...

Today was my last day of classes for the school year. It is always a bitter-sweet moment. I will never relate to this group of young people in the same way again, nor have the opportunity to speak into their lives in the same way. But on the other hand, I have watched one student find his voice, another learn the academic disciplines in a deeper way, another speak from her heart. So in the end there is beginning, and promise for the future. There are also papers and final exams to grade in my future, so I won't be relaxing much until the grades are in. But I will be rejoicing in all God has accomplished in my students, and in me, this year.