Tuesday Slice: Remember to notice

The last days

of the school year

are filled with

deadlines and

summer plans and

to-dos and

ceremonies and

taking down and

cleaning up and

storing and

throwing away

the minutes 

seem to be

thrown away, too

I need to

remember to

stop

and

notice

the gleeful faces

the sad faces

the ones with plans

the ones without a clue

(because the clues aren't there to find)

notice them

call them out by name

tell them

"See you next year!"

and

"You will grow so much

in middle school!"

and mean it

really mean it

so the ones 

without a clue

find one 

to hold onto.