Can't believe it! Someone must have pushed the fast forward button on this year. Who was it? Fess up now. The school year was good and I will now have two babies going into 3rd...and 5th (remember those grades?). Oh, something is just not right about that. Those of you with Johnson baby powder smelling sweeties and toddlers toddling around...squeeze out every single moment you can. And all the squeezes you can! You know when those older mom's say when their kiddos entered school, the days FLEW by. Well, IT's TRUE!
We were boating on Memorial Day weekend and this little butterfly landed (and stayed) on the boat for most of the day. (It's my Dad's boat, named "Butterfly Barge" you know.) Lauren took such good care of it. She thought it might have had a broken wing. She decided to very carefully and tenderly bring it home and let it go at our house. What a beautiful analogy of life. We are all just floating around and catching the breezes, sometimes broken, always taken care of by Bigger Hands, and sometimes just needing to "let go".
Alright, gonna continue and say I'm a proud momma. All mommy's have official bragging rights I think. The girls were awarded with A honor roll, good citizenship, top reader in the class, most talented artist in class, and some others...as I sit there with misty eyes trying to keep it together. Man, I have trouble keeping it together lately.
I had to hold it together as we said goodbye to all the teachers that remember when they were born (Josh was teaching there then) and taught them/loved them so much through the past years. Those school walls have been such a huge part of our lives pretty much since we moved here 12 years ago. The school has always been comfortable- in a home/family way. (See, here I go again. Where's that Kleenex.)
Great schools and brand new adventures await us though.
Still having faith...pretty much holding on... and letting go at the same time.
