Last night was my daughter’s preschool graduation. I don’t even know where to start with all that I’m feeling. I almost wonder if it is more of a transition for me than it is for her. Even though I was right here for the past five years, I don’t know where they went.
When the children received their diplomas, the teacher read quotes from the children on their future. My daughter’s went like this:
“When I grow up I want to be a mom, just like my mommy. I am going to live at home with my mom and dad. I am going to have two kids. I am going to make $2.”
What I heard out of that, loud and clear, is that I have done a good job as a mom so far, that my daughter looks up to me, and that there is nowhere else in the world I should have been for the past five years. (Even if I only made $2!)
This is really the beginning of the end of my “stay at home mom” years. Even though I don’t intend on working outside the home once Kindergarten starts, I won’t be staying home with my baby any more.
But….
I am so proud! She looked so grown up already. She was happy and smiling and oh so sweet.
Everything is as it should be.