My baby started kindergarten today! I didn't anticipate this, but I had some mixed emotions. Yesterday with all the whining and complaining I was hearing, I thought that starting kindergarten would be nothing but great for all of us! Today as I walked her to her seat and said goodbye, she was nothing but excited and pleased. On the other hand, I was a little bit sad.
I guess that's always how it is when you enter a new phase of your life. There's no going back to that earlier time, for better or worse. Children need to grow up. They are supposed to become independent and I frankly work very hard to achieve that for them, but it's still a little hard to say goodbye. Fortunately she is only gone for a few hours every day so I still have lots of time with her. And I have BIG plans for the time she is gone. There is no way I can get everything done that I want to during that time, but maybe this blog will get a little more attention!
Soon I will have another child leaving the nest as he goes on a mission for the LDS church. We won't see him at all and will only talk to him twice a year for two years. Fortunately there's a weekly email! I have a ton of things still to do to get ready for that, but that departure will be bittersweet too.
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