Grade R!!

Mackenzie - 3 weeks old

For the past 4 months, all we've been talking about is big school for Mackenzie! And finally the big day has arrived. Tomorrow she'll be getting dressed in her Eunice school uniform and starting the first day of her school career. I am of mixed emotions as I am so proud of her yet I am so sad that my baby is so big already. I remember so clearly the day she was born, it could have been yesterday. I remember looking down at her after she had been bathed and was lying all wrapped up like a little catepillar and wondering how it was possible that I had given birth to this beautiful dainty little scrap of perfection! It was true and she was mine to take home and love and cherish and prepare for the big world she will one day step into. There is a saying that says your children are only lent to you and I cant help thinking that tomorrow she will be taking another step into the unknown, the place where we hope we have given them the tools with which to survive and the ability to think for themselves and stand up for themselves. We cannot protect them forever and as much as we want to keep them as that little tightly wrapped caterpillar, we can't, they have to turn into butterflies and make their own way into the big wide world and make their own mark on it. All the mommies whose babies are headed into big school, good luck. And yes, you may shed a tear or two, but you may also smile as you watch them take that first step into school, just as we watched them stand up and take their very first steps too...