Mr 5 is attending Kindergarten.
It’s a big step.
For him and for me.
We are in year-round schools and so his first week is this week. He has had a BALL ! Absolutely loves it. Which makes it much easier on this mama. This mama who held tightly while at the same time trying to let go a little bit. This mama who encourages indepedence in her children but then mourns just a little bit as they take those first steps. This mama who has such dreams for her children and knows that some of those dreams might take those same children far away…and cries over that. This mama who knows that Kindergarteners are still so very little and who will hold more tightly to that ever-slipping-away sandy time.
This mama loves that fact that her last child, Mr 5, loves Kindergarten. But this mama also weeps a bit when he walks into the classroom each day.
Such a dichotomy is motherhood. Always raising children to be grown and independent. And at the same time, wishing they could stay small just a bit longer.
Just want to give you a hug! (((Kristin))) Growing up is so bittersweet. I have a hard time with it too.