Two weeks from today, my sweet, baby girls are starting kindergarten. As desperate as I feel for a break from my kids, I don't feel ready for them to be gone from 8:15-2:00 all week long. I know they are going to love it, and I'm sure I will grow to love it as well, but it's a big change. It's the end of our lives as we know it; of the only season of parenting that I know. The pre-school season, when my kids have been with me basically all day, every day, or at least for the vast majority of the time. It's the beginning of the rest of our lives. From here on out, school will be a HUGE part of our days. I will be in the dark about what's happening during the majority of my daughters' days.
I think the best way to describe how it feels is bittersweet. I feel like that's the way watching my kids grow up always feels. Its so sad to see the baby-ness being left behind, but it's exciting and even pride inducing to see them grow and master new things. Bittersweet. That's definitely what my heart feels right now.
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