Our Kindergartener!

It started to hit me when I was blow-drying her hair. Then it started again when I looked at my big girl through the lens of the camera to take this picture. I choked back tears when she nervously squeezed my hand as we swung arms entering the school. But, it decided to really hit me when I was sitting in the media center with a bunch of other parents for the orientation.





Yup. I couldn't fight the tears anymore. I sniffled through the literacy curriculum, and drop off directions like a fool. And, it wasn't because I didn't like what the powerpoint presentation had to say. It's because I was alone, and had quiet time to think. This is it, I thought. There is no turning back! It's the beginning of a very long, and very meaningful adventure. Lily will be in school...real school...for at least the next 16 years of her life. There is no one more year of pre-school, no more having Tuesdays and Thursdays off. This is the real deal. It's happening. Now. And, that means that time does not stand still. That she is getting older...and wiser...and more amazing. But, still, older.

It's a good thing that no matter how old she is, she'll always be my baby girl.

*By the way, my baby girl did awesome today!