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Child, Kids, Motherhood, School
August 21, 2018
7 Minute Read

You’re Ready For School, My Child—But I Will Miss You Terribly

This morning I am packing lunches. Spreading almond butter and honey. Cutting up carrots. It’s the last week of our honey-sweet summer. Six days…

Child, Kids, Motherhood, School
August 13, 2018
4 Minute Read

Dear First-Time Kindergarten Mom, Your Baby Is Ready

Dear first-time Kindergarten mom, I know the ache you’re feeling in your gut, and that lump in your throat you can’t seem to swallow. I remember…

Motherhood, School
August 9, 2018
3 Minute Read

Embracing the Summer Shift

I feel a shift, slight, like tectonic plates slowly rearranging the world. Every August an unseasonably cold morning shakes me out of my summer haze.…

Grief, Kids, Motherhood
August 8, 2018
2 Minute Read

To the Kindergartener Missing From My Classroom This Year

Summer is winding down and I’m gearing up for a new school year. Yesterday, I sat down to finish my mailing for my new kindergarten students. I…

Kids, School
August 7, 2018
4 Minute Read

We Only Get a Dozen School Years With Our Kids

On any given August day, at any given shopping mall or Target, aisles are teeming with mothers and fathers hauling around packs of kids, school…

Motherhood, School
August 6, 2018
2 Minute Read

It’s OK to Feel Sad About My Baby Starting Kindergarten

He made me a momma. At just a moment old, I gazed into his sweet eyes and he changed my whole world. I nursed him day and night, and I poured…

Kids, Motherhood, School
August 3, 2018
3 Minute Read

Dream Big, My Darling Kindergartener—I’m Cheering You on as I Let You Go

Dear sweet child of mine, It’s a day we’ve been counting down for months, a day I’ve been excited for and dreaded for years. When you wake up…

Kids, Motherhood, School
August 2, 2018
5 Minute Read

First-Time Kindergarten Moms Who Are Freaking Out: You’re Normal. Now Here’s Why You Can Relax

It’s only a few weeks away!! It’s all you can think about!! It came faster than you ever expected, and you’re having a difficult time…

Kids, School
January 25, 2018
4 Minute Read

Do I Send My Child To Kindergarten or Wait One More Year?

It was a quiet hallway, with just a few chairs sitting outside each door. The usual chatter and giggles of preschool children was absent on this day.…