new beginnings

Tomorrow I send my firstborn off on his own… Buster’s first day of Kindergarten. (He will be attending a private Christian school in our community and they run a 4-week Kindergarten curriculum through the month of April.) I have very mixed feelings… the control freak mother in me doesn’t ever want to let go of my child. And yet, the mother in me that has run out of ways to occupy my 5-year-old is more than happy that he will find a place to challenge and encourage his growth. A place where he can mingle with his friends and make new ones, a place where he will not only learn the 3 R’s but also the basics of the Bible. A place where I know I can entrust him because I personally know the teachers and their beliefs. So it is bittersweet… sadness for the mother who watches her first bird fly the nest but happiness as she understands the time has come…