I will leave only these words of advice: Wear big dark sunglasses (so no one especially your lovely girl will see you cry!), plan to do something immediately after you must leave the premises (and I don’t mean by police intervention!),and remember that you are BOTH growing in new and wonderful ways. I know, have a good cry too! Love, Bramble (been there done that Mama of 3)
PS…Kindergarten might seem tough, wait til she gets behind the wheel! Shaggy Haired Boy has given me many sleepless nights this summer…
Remember when you saw that picture of Isabella and you said I was F*&^#$?? Guess what? So are you!!! hee hee She’s gorgeous!! She gets prettier every year!
BTW, my kids are in 5th and 6th grades and I STILL have to wear big, dark glasses on the first day of school so no one will see me cry.
It would be hard for me to join you as I live in Texas (!) but I will pour one in your honor. I am glad you know how hard it will be. When my daughter started Kinder, I sat in the parking lot and cried for over an hour. I could not drive. And, yes, this was a school she had attended for two years prior! She begins sixth grade tomorrow (still the same school) and I am hopeful that I will be a bit better but I am not certain. Almost any transition, even the good ones, bring me to my knees – not that I don’t believe in her and her abilities, but because each one is a milestone. This one will be her last year at the place where she has grown, matured, learned and has become her own person separate from me. That is humbling and exciting at the same time. So, let all of us celebrate their new steps and experiences while still being the mothers and fathers who love them enough to shed a tear as they take on new paths that move them to what they will become.
Me! Well, looks like maybe the 11th cocktail. Next week I’ll have one in 1st and another in 2nd. Bloody hell. I tell them all the time to stop growing and they never listen.
I am. I got dibs on the first cocktail.
Wait till she goes to university..
The cocktail needs to be in a go cup so you can sit in the car outside school until it’s time to pick her up!
I will! Yours can be to drown your sorrows and mine will be celebratory. I call it Mimosa Monday.
But, my gosh! She’s pretty. Of course she knows that, doesn’t she?
I will leave only these words of advice: Wear big dark sunglasses (so no one especially your lovely girl will see you cry!), plan to do something immediately after you must leave the premises (and I don’t mean by police intervention!),and remember that you are BOTH growing in new and wonderful ways. I know, have a good cry too! Love, Bramble (been there done that Mama of 3)
PS…Kindergarten might seem tough, wait til she gets behind the wheel! Shaggy Haired Boy has given me many sleepless nights this summer…
Remember when you saw that picture of Isabella and you said I was F*&^#$?? Guess what? So are you!!! hee hee She’s gorgeous!! She gets prettier every year!
BTW, my kids are in 5th and 6th grades and I STILL have to wear big, dark glasses on the first day of school so no one will see me cry.
I am. I insist.
It would be hard for me to join you as I live in Texas (!) but I will pour one in your honor. I am glad you know how hard it will be. When my daughter started Kinder, I sat in the parking lot and cried for over an hour. I could not drive. And, yes, this was a school she had attended for two years prior! She begins sixth grade tomorrow (still the same school) and I am hopeful that I will be a bit better but I am not certain. Almost any transition, even the good ones, bring me to my knees – not that I don’t believe in her and her abilities, but because each one is a milestone. This one will be her last year at the place where she has grown, matured, learned and has become her own person separate from me. That is humbling and exciting at the same time. So, let all of us celebrate their new steps and experiences while still being the mothers and fathers who love them enough to shed a tear as they take on new paths that move them to what they will become.
Buzo Radio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HLxpWGCzc&feature=related
Me! Well, looks like maybe the 11th cocktail. Next week I’ll have one in 1st and another in 2nd. Bloody hell. I tell them all the time to stop growing and they never listen.
Miss you.
T.
She is so beautiful! Grab a straw…Here comes the drink!