I am really struggling with this. So, as any sane person would do I have begun a feverish hunt for a poem that was read at Carson's preschool graduation about going to kindergarten. In some sick way, I hope it triggers the flood of tears I have been holding back.I can't believe my baby is going to school.
I have yet to find the poem I am looking for, but found some that released the first flow of tears. I know I will revisit them several times in the next few days. This one sums it up for me tonight.
PS-The mohawk was temporary. Carson is clean shaven and ready for school.
First Day Of Kindergarten School Poem
~Author Unknown~
She started school this morning,
And she seemed so very small.
As I walked there beside her
In the Kindergarten hall.
And as she took her place besidethe others in the class,
I realized how all too soon
Those first few years can pass.
Remembering, I saw her as
She first learned how to walk.
The words that we alone made out
When she began to talk.
This little girl so much absorbed
In learning how to write.
It seems as though she must have grown
To girlhood overnight.
My eyes were blurred by hastily
I brushed the tears away
Lest by some word or sign of mine
I mar her first big day.
Oh how I longed to stay with her
And keep her by the hand
To lead her through the places
That she couldn't understand.
And something closely kin to fear
Was mingled with my pride.
I knew she would no longer be
A baby by my side.
But she must have her chance to live,
To work her problems out,
The privilege to grow and learn
What life is all about.
And I must share my little girl
With friends and work and play;
She's not a baby anymore --She's in Kindergarten today.
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