Talk to me!
crap.
Summer is not enoug time.
Enjoy every moment of that final summer before Atticus joins the ranks in the highly complex and often disturbing place we call Kindergarten. From that point on, it probably will never be the same.
I am crying, as I will again on the actual first day of school. As I did 2x 12 so many years ago. While each first day of school teared me up, watching my children grow and evolve into two of the nicest people I have ever known brought smiles to me. Watching babies grow is bittersweet. Enjoy each moment.
Wow. That is a beautiful sentiment to share and I thank you for it. It's funny, though, because not being a dad yet, this post both makes me want to have kids immediately so I can experience these feelings while alternately making me shy away because I'm afraid of them and unsure as to how I'd react. Crap.
Oh hell. Now I am bawling
Bi-lingual poets don't go in the meat grinder, silly. They walk their own path.
You know all those days on the school calender for half-days, teacher work days, and breaks? Mark those on your calendar because those will be the sweetest. They're the ones I remember the most from when my daughter went to Kindergarten. Those, all the Fridays we joined her for lunch at school, and when she won the science fair. 
She's off to middle school next year. I hope I survive.
Lovely words, lovely sentiment.
My youngest is now 16 years old and in two weeks time she will have finished high school, and I didn't believe there would ever come a time when I would write that - the meat grinder has spit her out a young woman and in September she goes on to college and I stand and wonder where those 16 years have gone and what did I do with them ?
Amy starts school this year too. My and Evan's Mondays and Wednesdays will be lonely without her.
I can't believe this day is here. You need to move closer to home so I can spend more time with my nephews. I'm not ready for Atticus to start school, I haven't had enough TT time!
Backpacking Dad- where? did I step in it?
Ed- I'm afraid you're right
Jason- I always think that and everything always works out for the better, this has me a little scared though
princessnana- thanks, Mom
Kapgar- no matter what, it's worth it!
flutter- that's because I was chopping onions when you read it
ImPerceptible- you have a good memory! Middle school? ouch!
Gary- it flies, doesn't it?
Dan- yeah, that's part of it, too. I'm sure the alone time will be good for Zane, but he's never not had his BoBo around
tt- you can spend time with them whenever you want- we're only a plane ride away!
i remember - about a week out from my oldest starting kindergarten - feeling a sense of dread that i was suddenly going to be staring down the scholastic schedule for, well, probably the next 25 years.
no more mid-week trips to see the family in Maryland; no more beating the crowd leaving a day early for vacation; no more mid-week, mid-morning zoo trips.
sigh.
those were the days man.
ah Yes! The little one on my end will be starting Kinder next year! Oh My!!
As ALWAYS, nicely written!
No, but I'm going to as soon as my sweet little girl abandons me for, you know, friends, and a life, and school, and everything else.
Just. Crap.
Greg- I already know that my kids will never have perfect attendance. I'll pull them out for a travel day without a moments notice.
Jeff- Thank you!
Backpacking Dad- I hear ya
This might be one of the most beautiful things I've ever read.
Awesome post. And, no, it never is the same after Kindergarten.
I'm melting...
Pam- you're too kind (I sent the check)
Darren- thanks, that's what I'm afraid of
Kevin- not on the carpet
Like most parents (I assume anyway), the thought of turning my kids over to The System makes me a little uneasy. As you say, all we can do is try to equip them to make their way through it and to use it for whatever it has to offer.
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