Dear Kindergartner, Spread Your Wings and Fly
Yesterday. You started kindergarten yesterday. You walked into those doors a baby, your hand clinging to mine, my heart clinging…
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Yesterday. You started kindergarten yesterday. You walked into those doors a baby, your hand clinging to mine, my heart clinging…
Continue ReadingI just dropped my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten, and you couldn't have been more wonderful. You…
Continue ReadingIn just a few short weeks, our daughter will start preschool. On Monday and Wednesday mornings, she’ll sling her little…
Continue ReadingIt’s hard to put into words what happens in a classroom in the course of a year. Especially a kindergarten…
Continue ReadingThe first magical flickers of your strong heartbeat on a black and white screen— the reassuring evidence I needed to…
Continue ReadingWe’re physically ready for kindergarten. We’ve got the backpack, the school supplies, the school clothes, and the new shoes. We’ve…
Continue ReadingI’m standing outside a row of heavy, metal doors and tentatively press the bright red “call” button. “Good morning, can…
Continue ReadingIt feels like the beginning of goodbye. Oh, sure, my son is still a little boy, but not for long.…
Continue ReadingI cried on your first day of kindergarten. Did you know that? I held it together through the getting ready…
Continue ReadingTo my little graduate: I’m so proud of you. I used to think graduation ceremonies at this age were just…
Continue ReadingIs he ready? It's the question I’ve been asking myself for the last year. The question that’s literally kept me…
Continue ReadingFor me, personally, I feel as though this is the first gut-wrenching string I’m letting go of with my little…
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