To Do List.....Start a Therapy Fund for the Madison!
Madison's new backpack arrived about 15 minutes ago. We anxiously opened it and were checking it out along with her new matching lunch bag. All got quiet as we were looking at it and she turned to me and and said, "I sure am gonna miss you when I go to school". I started bawling! My poor child has enough trouble finding the strength to do things that scare her and here I am crying (bawling) at the prospect of her leaving me all day to go to school. I'm worthless! Seriously, I should have some self control. I tried to explain I was crying because I was so proud of her and that is 100% true but I am also so sad to be away from her. She has been my sidekick for 6 whole years. I have loved her and worried about her and did the best I could do to take care of her and protect her and now I am sending her out into the world with other kids and other adults who I don't know. This is going to be harder than I thought. Thankfully it didn't seem to upset Madison since I quickly explained they were happy tears but it still must cause her to think. My poor child!
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Oh, Jen! You almost made me cry reading that! :-)
On Henry's first day, he took the bus and I followed behind in the car. I walked down to the playground to make sure he knew how to make it to the door of his classroom. When the teacher came to get him, I was crying so hard. So hard, that his teacher called me that evening to see if I was allright!
On Alice's first day of kindergarten, quick kiss, I love you, wave goodbye, and she was gone. It does get easier!
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