The kids jaunted off on a big, yellow bus yesterday, down the road to their respective schools. Remind me again why this is supposed to be cause for celebration? I know people mean well, but it is incomprehensible to me that a parent should express elation at the resumation of the school year. Sure, I am very grateful for the fine education they are receiving (thank you, awesome teachers and principals - you know who you are!). It is with full recognition of the immense blessings American children have that they are provided with opportunties to learn and to grow, a circumstance denied millions of children all over this world. Yet, I do not embrace this new year with jubilance. I miss them! I miss hearing them playing, or talking to them, or even seeing their little faces. Eight hours away each day is a long time, and a part of their lives I'll miss out upon and never get back in this life. I suppose for that reason I am eternally grateful that they both know the Lord and this life is not all there is! One lifetime, one childhood with my beautiful babies, just wouldn't be enough!
Kids, Mommy misses you SO MUCH!
AMEN!!!
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