All you parents out there who have kid starting kindergarten...relish it! I know you think it's sad and you feel like your babies are growing up too fast---I remember thinking that too! Part of me aches for you because I KNOW how quickly it goes by and the other part of me says, "Suck it up--you know NOTHING! Wait till your baby drive HIMSELF to school! THEN you will know true heartbreak!" lol
Sitting here in the house alone, I'm overwhelmed by so many memories of my little man. The tiny baby that had such a traumatic birth he had a hard time learning to nurse but would look up at me with those sweet little eyes as if he were saying, "I dont know what to do, Mom but I'll try as long as you hold me". The fat little boy that tumbled toward me at 10 months to give me that slobbery open-mouth kiss. The two year old that climbed into the bathtub fully clothed or stuffed all his food down his shirt to "save for later". The four year-old that bolted into the living room with a sword screaming, "I'm Duncan, the Cloud!" (from the Highlander, he meant Duncan MacLeod!" lol) The six year old that wanted to be so much like his dad that he would sit on his top bunk with his toy gun in full cammo and pretend it was his "tree stand". My baseball player, my carpenter, my fisherman...my teenager who when he got his first cell phone used it to call his DEB first! My hard working young man who has his head screwed on so straight that he is better at saving money than I am, so thoughtful he buys gifts for others instead of things he wants and needs. My precious son who is so focused on his future that he never goes out and gets into all kinds of trouble like his parents did when they were his age....
I don't know what it is about your FIRST child that makes everything so much more memorable and special--it isn't that I don't love my amazing daughters. But the bond a mom has with her firstborn child is so incredibly strong, it's indescribable. It is SO HARD to let go. This feeling of being happy and proud while at the same time wanting to scream "No!" at the top of my lungs is such a weird emotion...I don't think there's anything else like it in the world.
A few months ago, at 4k graduation, I shared the following children's book with the parents of my little graduates. I first got the chance to hear it back in May at the e
Women's conference and it touched me deeply, knowing that this moment (and more) were on the horizon for me as a mom. I remembered identifying with it because he was my first child and I couldn't wait for him to get to the "next" thing. It was all so exciting...all his "firsts". You don't realize how important the "lasts" are until they're gone. So I wanted to really impart this on the parents of those kid I'd gotten to know and love so much--I didn't want them to make the same mistakes. Yes, be excited about their firsts, just don't forget to watch CAREFULLY for their lasts or you will miss them.
I hope all my bloggy friends enjoy it also!
My grown up young man...1st day of Senior year!
My little man...1st day of kindergarten!
No comments:
Post a Comment