Making It Work-The Fearns: The Beginning of the End

Today my baby started school. It was a bitter sweet day to send our youngest child off to school. She looked so sweet in her little private school uniform, proudly carrying her bookbag like a big girl. As all of us anxious parents waited for our little ones to start crying and begging us not to leave it was us, the parents, who were having the hardest time. The kids were in their own little world of toys and new friends, oblivious to the idea that their parents would soon walk out the door and leave them with a stranger for the day. There were no tears. There was no running after us begging us not to leave. Just a quick hug and kiss goodbye and a wave of the hand and our little baby was all graown up and ready for us to leave her at school:( As I reflect on this milestone I realize that Mikey will be 18 in a few short months and that the other 3 teens will shortly follow him out the door into adulthood as they graduate in the next few years and head off to college. Ryleigh starting school....my youngest child....starting school marks the beginning of the end of my time as a mother of little children. These years of childhood are quickly coming to a close. My babies are all growing up:(