First Day of School
Aug/072
Today is the first day of school for the students in our area. I was reminded of that this morning when I got stopped behind a school bus. All of the students at the bus stop begrudgingly filed onto the bus, not at all ready to start another school year. All except one little girl.
It was obvious that today was this little lady's first day of kindergarten. Mom and Dad were both at the bus stop. Mom had a digital camera. Dad had a video camera. This little girl hugged and kissed both Mom and Dad, and then boarded the bus…followed by Mom and Dad. Mom was talking to the bus driver as Dad videoed his girl walking all the way to her seat.
It was probably the longest wait I've ever had behind a school bus. I'm sure people in the cars behind me were frustrated with the delay, but not me. I just took it all in. As the entire scene played out right in front of me, I kept thinking about my little boy who was in his car seat right behind me. I kept thinking, "In only two years, this will be me. I'll be the one with the camera. I'll be the one letting my little boy go off to his first day of school…in just two short years."
When the time comes, I'm sure we'll be fine. Every other parent in the world has made it through this transition. We will too. But today, I'm thankful that Ryan is still little. I'm thankful that hitting a ball off a tee in the backyard is still a thrill for him. I'm thankful that he's content to sit on my lap and watch cartoons. I'm thankful that he still wants us to read to him.
I know that it won't last, but today I'm thankful that Ryan is still my little boy.
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12:19 pm on August 27th, 2007
Yup, we just put Georgia on the PM kindergarten bus. But not before snapping plenty of photos and shooting lots of video. Then, of course, we followed the bus to school and stood in the shadows in the parking lot to watch her line up and march inside just like we did for Greta four years ago. It's a proud moment, but it is a sad one too. One little girl absolutley refused to go inside and was clawing her way back to Momma. I was thrilled that wasn't us. Ours couldn't wait to get rolling. In fact, Georgia woke us up before the sun came up this morning to see if it was time to put on her new school outfit. As we pulled out of the school lot, I turned to Julie and said, "Two down. One to go."
12:33 pm on August 27th, 2007
Stop it, you all are making me miss Ethan even more being here in Boston! I can't wait to get back home and give him big hugs and kisses. Being away from home really makes one think about family that much more. Not being in the ministry is harder than I thought. I say this because everything I did still involved having my family as a part of it.