SECOND grade?... really?

You know when you have kids you don't ever think of them as actually getting big. You get pregnant and think baby, baby, baby for the next 9 months. Then you think sleep, sleep, sleep after they're born;) But really, you don't think of them as one day being kids. You want them to be productive, well adjusted, confident, etc... grown ups. But there's a lot of stuff that happens between the baby/toddler/preschool to grown ups and that's pretty much the hardest part. The kid stage. The stage where you so desperately want to pick their friends, keep them safe, keep their heart from getting broken, teach them that God is REAL not just some "thing" up "there" that you should believe in because it's a good thing for you to have faith and religion. It's a really hard stage for me. It's not really b/c I don't want them to grow up, because I think watching them grow is so much fun. They say funny stuff and have such a sweet look on life.

I guess it's the closing of one stage to the next that's hard on me. Knowing that I won't have it back and hoping that I made an impact on them... a good one:) I try desperately to take it all in and remember it, but I'm not sure I'm doing a good job of it. It really does just fly by. My prayer today is that God will continue to pour out his mercy and erase any of the stupid stuff I did that could cause them to go into therapy. I know He will. He is good and has been good to me and our family.

Here's my very most favorite 2nd grader in the whole wide world on the first day!