Kindergarten!!!

Today was the first day of kindergarten for Princess. She was so excited. We were all excited!! After a difficult summer of being a full-time stay-at-home mom, I was ready for school to start. I don't mean to imply that now she is in school, I don't have to be a mom anymore. I just mean that I was looking forward to a break. As you know, if you have read my past blogs, trying to be the mom that God has called me to be is the hardest challenge in my life. Yes, even harder than the NCC exam!! At church on Sunday, Ron's sermon was about not trying to achieve God's favor, but receiving God's favor. He talked about having patience to let God work out his promise, rather than trying to achieve God's promise. I immediately thought about Princess and how I try to do the right thing and try to teach her and train her the way that God would want me to. But I am impatiently expecting some results that aren't coming quick enough. I have been getting frustrated that God has promised that He would work on her heart and I'm not seeing any heart change. Ron's sermon was perfect, reminding me that I need to be patient for as long as it takes, and let God work out his promise to change her heart, rather than trying to do it myself.

Anyway, that was a side tangent. Back to kindergarten...So today was the first day and we were all excited. The moms at our bus stop planned to have a little breakfast buffet as we were waiting for the bus to come. It was fun. There are 7 kids at our bus stop. We were all out in the humidity eating and chatting, the kids were all happy. Princess wasn't nervous at all. She was just happy and excited. Then the bus came and they all lined up to get on. Princess got on the bus and sat in her seat next to the window. She waved to me and smiled. Her friends got on and sat with her. They all waved again and the bus drove away. It wasn't until then that a wave of emotion just came over me. I couldn't stop it. My eyes filled with tears as I watched her ride away on the yellow school bus. I thought, "there goes my little girl, all on her own." And she wasn't even scared, just thrilled to be on the school bus, going to kindergarten.

I was the only mom at the bus stop that cried. I honestly was surprised that the tears came, although I don't know why I am surprised. I cry at commercials for goodness sakes!! I am one of the most sympathetic people I know (or is it just pathetic?).

Anyway, she had a great day. She got off the bus with a smile on her face. She made a new friend and she likes her teacher and she is excited to go back to school tomorrow. She also went right to sleep tonight, exhausted! This is the beginning of the next 12 years of her life. Welcome to school Princess!