August 30th, 2017
The last not-first day
They’re on the sidewalks, a flash of yellow, parents holding coffee cups and children crossing streets, smiling for the camera with their backpacks full of pencils, early fall air crisp with sunlight, bright and sweet. Kindergarten, Kindergarten, too many syllables for people so very small, erasers filled with chalkdust, lockers clanging in the hall. The school supply list, the trips not taken, the commitment day to day; the hows and whos and what you do to find your brand new way. This is our last not-first day now, my first baby, eager to grow; 364 days and counting down, I’m not ready to watch you go.
Thankfully….we’ve got some time :).