The first day of school. I remember when that sounded so foreign to me…and so far away. And today here it is and she is ready. Perhaps it is obvious to her that I am not so much. Yesterday she said, ‘Don’t worry, Mama. Even when I’m 18, I’ll still be your baby.‘ I think she thinks that 18 is very far away. I suspect it will be here before we know it.
All that matters now, though, is that she went off happily and proudly. Here we go into the next chapter of growing up….
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