First Day of School 2026-2027

 

It’s the first day of school! True to Willardson fashion, the van is in the shop. Why is there always car drama on the first day of school?! I digress. 

Ryan’s car also died yesterday, so on the first morning of school, we filled multiple cars for drop offs. Corbin drove himself, Aaron took the triple threat, and Reese and Logan drove Ryan, Soren, and I. We took Ryan to work and then had the annual first day bagel/donut run. Then we took Soren to school and took a bagel to Ryan at the gym. After my class, Reese and Logan wanted to swim. We visited with Hyrum, Gemma B, and Ryan who were all working together, and then I noticed a familiar face talking to them. 

Corbin! Why aren’t you in school?! Apparently he had a free period during advisory the first week, so he came to where the family was.  He is really struggling with the thought of all his people leaving him in a few weeks, prayers for our boy Corbin to find a new group for his senior year. 

Another funny thing: Aaron joined us late for bagels and we decided to play “we listen and we don’t judge.” Except ahead of time, we all made up ridiculous tales to fib and waited for Aaron’s reaction. 

The plan was to lighten the mood, because obviously, I did not actually lose Corbin in the streets of Taipei for 2 hours, and obviously Soren did not learn how to drive with uncle Scott this summer. And obviously, Logan did not sneak out and go on a date with Reese while in the mission field! These were all complete balderdash. But instead of laughing with us when we told Aaron we were joking, he was like “why would you do this?” And that’s when we all realized that Aaron had indeed believed all of our tall tales were true! We all need to step up our game so that naughty stories like that about us are less believable, I guess! Good job Aaron for playing the game correctly though and not judging—even if none of it was true! 😂

It’s going to be a great school year. A busy one, and a challenging one, but a great one. I can feel growth on our horizon. 

The night before school started, Reese, Logan, and Ryan helped me decorate Corbin’s car with “Senior 2027” window markers. They also wrote on his mirrors, cleaned out the car, and we put some seat covers on the front to cover the peeling upholstery. Corbin was surprised and grateful to feel seen and loved on in the morning.