40 Hours and Counting

We are 40 hours away from putting Nathan on the bus for the first time and just trusting our School District with his very being. It's pretty weird.

I've always been something of a smart aleck when it came to "helicopter parents", that is parents who hover too much over the lives of their children. Yet now I understand how it is possible.

"Put him on a bus? One that I'm not driving? Show up at the end of Kindergarten back at the bus stop and assume he's going to get out?"

I know. I'm basically a rational person.

This is the first big "letting go."

We went to his Kindergarten open house last Wednesday. It was very well done. Very efficient, very professional... as someone who works with young people, I appreciated how well it was done.

This being said, I found myself getting slightly emotional when I saw his name on the wall of kindergartners...when we met his teacher...

He is so excited to go, and I am really happy for/with him. It's just going to take a little "getting used to."

Or a lot.