This time 17 years ago, I was standing on the Stage at Northfield Elementary School. I was a member of the first Chorus and the first class of 5'th graders ever at Northfield. Tonight I got to go watch my little sister, now a 5'th grader, stand on that same stage and sing in chorus. It was precious.
Even though I have basically not grown any taller (just a little wider) since I was a student at Northfield, it still always feels so much smaller in there than I remember. I always thought that my sister would graduate from 6'th grade there. Since she will be at a school for the gifted next year, that won't happen. The principle at Northfield left in January to get ready to open a new elementary school this fall. Several people are leaving Northfield to go to the new school. The Vice Principle and several others are leaving to go to my sisters new school. Northfield has meant a lot to me and my family throughout the years that it has been open. Leaving it behind isn't going to be easy.
My sister sang a solo tonight. I am so proud of her! She only had one line, but she sang it on key. In so many ways, because we are so far apart in age, she almost feels like mine. I look at her the same way a mother looks at her child, and I am just as proud of her as I would be if she were mine. I think that is one reason (besides money) that I still live here. When the time comes for me to move out, it's going to be like leaving my child behind.
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