Oh gawd, the kids started school today! I'm all verklempt. I'm amazingly stressed. The KIDS are amazingly stressed. Sierra mutely tortured herself with worry, Trinity shouted and screeched at us all, I obsessively cleaned yesterday, and Rainy... Rainy could.not.stop.talking.
And now I'm back from dropping them all off... and the place seems much too quiet... and much too clean... and I feel all sad that the summer is over, sad that all the chaos and stress has begun again, and sad that time is passing so damn fast.
Sierra is in HIGH SCHOOL! How did this HAPPEN? It seems like just yesterday she was this serious little dark curly-haired girl playing with her collection of toy dinosaurs. Now... HIGH SCHOOL!
Her pre AP Geography teacher is a friend of my semi-legal friend. I reminded Sierra that she used to know her. I asked her if she remembered the time, when she was just four, that the teacher was over at my friend's home when we were there as well, she was talking to Sierra and Sierra asked her what her name was. The teacher told her and Sierra asked if she could give her a new name. The teacher laughed and asked Sierra what she wanted to name her and Sierra replied, "I think your name should be... Pretty Heart Necklace."
Now, ten years later, she's teaching Sierra and... lord, suddenly I feel like crying.
I better go...
And now I'm back from dropping them all off... and the place seems much too quiet... and much too clean... and I feel all sad that the summer is over, sad that all the chaos and stress has begun again, and sad that time is passing so damn fast.
Sierra is in HIGH SCHOOL! How did this HAPPEN? It seems like just yesterday she was this serious little dark curly-haired girl playing with her collection of toy dinosaurs. Now... HIGH SCHOOL!
Her pre AP Geography teacher is a friend of my semi-legal friend. I reminded Sierra that she used to know her. I asked her if she remembered the time, when she was just four, that the teacher was over at my friend's home when we were there as well, she was talking to Sierra and Sierra asked her what her name was. The teacher told her and Sierra asked if she could give her a new name. The teacher laughed and asked Sierra what she wanted to name her and Sierra replied, "I think your name should be... Pretty Heart Necklace."
Now, ten years later, she's teaching Sierra and... lord, suddenly I feel like crying.
I better go...
I'm with you. Mine started yesterday as well. My youngest (10) will be taller than me by next year. The oldest (13) has been for some time. She'll be in HS next year. It was quiet during the day, and exhausting when they came home- worn out...