September 1st
I've sometimes thought that we should celebrate the New Year on this day instead of in January. My new year began with a new school grade, a new class, new teacher... The new notebook was the thing most significant: all that potential, as yet uncommitted. Brown paper bags made into protective covers for schoolbooks, before they are irresistibly decorated with doodles... Summer was over and now it was my chance to get things right, to find redemption for all the mistakes of last year, back when... Sign in to see full entry.