First days of school.
I have a Kindergartner. She thinks Kindergarten is her property to explore, and everyone else needs to get in line. Ha!
I have a preschooler. He thinks preschool and Miss Malia are magic. And they are. I think James is in love.
Jared and I took Sariah to her first day of school together. Watching her stand in line with all of the other big kids around her made my mind flood with questions: Did I teach her enough? Will she be kind enough? Will she listen enough? Will she be safe enough? Does she know I love her enough?
Alas, I could not pick her up from her first day of school. I had to be in Phoenix for back-to-school meetings for the online school I teach for. Thus, Jared took the day off so he could pick her up. When he arrived, this is what he found:
She wears those glasses every day to school!
Now on to James. I thought I would have a 3 year old clutching to my leg, crying in agony at the thought of leaving his mother's side. He loves his mother, and I love that he loves his mother so much. Yet again - I was surprised! He waved goodbye, and scooted on in to Miss Malia's like he knew he was expected.
As I have written before, James has had 3 mothers all of his life. How wonderful it is for him to be surrounded by BOYS, and they are his age!
As I left him in the care of his preschool teacher, the same questions flooded my mind. In addition, some other questions were: Will he be brave enough? Will he be strong enough? Will he listen to his teacher enough? Will he miss his mother enough?
I have learned that the answer is: never enough. But we keep trying.
