So tonight we completed my daughter's kindergarten registration. She met her teacher and saw her cubby hole. We got lost finding her class. In a school that houses only three grades, we got lost.
We got home and I was going through the papers I'd been given to bring home. Included was a school menu. I thought that might be fun for my girl, to go to the cafeteria and get a tray. It will make her feel big.
And then I realized I won't be there for the first time in her life to show her what to do. And I cried. I'm still crying. Will anybody tell her how to do it? Will they make sure she doesn't get lost or feel stupid or alone? How can I know for sure?
There are many people who say parenting gets easier as your children get older. They are more self-sufficieint. They can think for themselves and tell you when they are sick. But that doesn't mean life is easier. Older means you have to let go. That's not easy at all.
And nobody told me about this part.
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