As much as I am excited about us all being under the same roof during our school days, I am sad about losing my baby. Kindergarten brings a whole new status- Big girl. Old. Growing up. Big school. School aged children. The beginning of her educational career.
I am nervous for her as she is leaving the tiny security of her preschool. The one she has been to since the toddler room. She is coming to a place where she has no friends. She is leaving the safety of her automatic friend, Anna Belle, whom she has had in class with her for the last two years. She won't get to enjoy a slow-paced morning routine with her Moo where she was able to ease into the day. She will literally have to wake up ready this year.
As much as I worried about her beginning and how I wanted it to be a smooth transition, I should have known He would work it all out for us. Just a couple of days before starting, my friend and team teacher was offered to go to kindergarten. When she called to ask me to help her think of pros and cons, the only pro I could think of was that Maeve could have the very best kindergarten teacher. As sad as it is to lose her being my right-hand girl in third grade, I find great comfort in knowing my baby will be safe and secure in Ms. Laura's classroom. After all, I have trusted her to give my third graders their reading instruction for the past three years. I can surely trust her to lay a firm foundation for my Maeve- one that is not only strong in academics but in friendship and in confidence. There is no better place she could be in the whole wide world!
Thank you, Lord, for knowing just what this mama needed. Being where my children are- this is exactly what I thought of when choosing my teaching career. I failed to realize how hard it would be to be apart from them for the first five years. But, that time is finished and here we are together. Right where I pictured us to be.
