.The Beginning.

Today was the first day of school for much of Gainesville, and it totally made me want to go back and do it all over again. I spent the morning with a group of first graders for a "back to school" story, and I keep thinking of all the kids I started first grade with and how much we all grew over those 12 or so years in school together. I almost wish I could look into the future and see how this group will turn out and if they'll remember the gangly weird looking photographer who took their pictures on the first day. Brandon Kruse/The Gainesville Sun