SCHOOL

       Yes, you read correctly...my own children now attend school! It's been 11 years since I graduated from high school, and now my oldest is in kindergarten. I watch her in wonder as every single day she seems to be blossoming into a beautiful young lady. I look at her and wonder where time is going so fast. I can remember my very first day of school...how I was nervous and didn't know a single soul in my whole class. Charity had kind of an advantage as she knew most of her classmates. It's funny to listen to her tell me about this one particular girl who is "mad at her" one day and the next day, "Mommy, she's my friend...she's not mad at me anymore." Oh the drama of a young girl's life. Then I have my wiggle worm of a son who I've sent to pre-school this year but will be ready for kindergarten next year! He's already fallen out of his seat due to not being able to stay still. Not to mention the mishap with Charity and a certain pair of scissors...let's just say, I'm not too happy about the extra layers in her hair at the moment, but thankfully she has curly hair like me and I can figure it out every day!
      I've felt the affects of my children and their first week of school...the quietness of my house as I clean, the sadness three days out of my week when I know that I won't be home for them when they get out of school...thankfully I am able to take them to school every day and Josh is able to be there for them when I am not. Taking them to school makes me want to teach school again, but that's a whole different realm right now...it still seems surreal that I am a mom of kids that are old enough to go to school....this year has brought many many changes in my life, more than I've had in a long while....and change has always scared the daylights out of me....