This will be my very first year of approaching mid-August and not going back to school. Although it is an unusual year of COVID craziness, it still comes with a huge pile of sentiment. It really isn’t the kids I will miss so much – at least not initially – it will be all of the preparations for that first day. I will miss that special trip to the mall for that one back-to-school outfit that I really don’t need but have always gotten since sixth grade. I will miss the haircut timed perfectly for the week before school and all of my little lunch supplies. The lunch box hasn’t been there for awhile , but I always liked buying the miniatures of things to be at the ready. BUT most of all I will miss my Duckwall’s afternoon.