One of the Best Days of the Year!

I have always loved this time of year. 
Not because it's autumn. 
Not because there are fairs.
Not because the mosquitoes are finally gone.

I have always loved this time of year because of...
the newness!
New grade.
New books.
New teachers.
New rooms assigned, new desk, new locker, new subjects, new learning and sometimes even a new school! But, primarily, it's a new slate.  A clean start.

Although things look a little different in a homeschool setting, the promise of newness is still there.
There will be new books, a new backpack, new expectations, a new level of learning, and due to a co-op this year there will be a few new teachers and subjects  for one day a week.

As a teacher, I get to teach new literature, new math (not "the" new math, but a new area of math in Algebra 1), new areas of Biblical History and new areas of science (geology from a creationist point of view)! 

Sunday School is starting up, and there will be some new students and new methods of teaching to meet the needs of the students this year!

My husband even starts a new course this week! 

So, as the trees start dropping their leaves, as the flowers start to wither and die, the promise of newness remains.
All in all, a great day!

 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--His good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2