I knew sending my child to Kindergarten would be an exciting adventure for him. I anticipated that he would learn lots of new things, meet many new faces and more importantly begin to navigate his way in the world without me. But the big surprise for me, I do have to admit, is that I entirely underestimated all the new things that I would learn and experience his first year of school. Not only about being a mom, but about letting go.
During the hustle and bustle of trying to get him to school before the bell rang those first few weeks with a newborn and three-year old in tow, I found myself feeling very frazzled. What an accomplishment it was just to get out the door each day. Actually getting there was an entirely different and monumental task to hurdle. I swear on the short walks to school that year, I spent more time chasing my three-year old than I care to remember. For some reason he had acquired a fascination for following random birds with no regard for where I was, or where I needed to be. Let’s just say that getting his older brother to school on time was not high on his priority list. He’d been like that since day one, always following the beat of his own drum, and I would not have him be any other way; except maybe when we had somewhere we needed to be ; ). -Continue>