Kindergarten is not for Me ❤️ As I sat in the cafeteria with all the new Kindergartners Moms and Dads I couldnt help but have to catch my breath when the principal said, and for chapel on Fridays the kindergarteners will be paired with an 8th grader. I wanted to say, time out! Did you say an 8th Grader!? My sweet little five year old, who was just learning to crawl, walk, and talk, what seemed like yesterday, was not going to be paired with an 8th grader. An 8th grader that was already learning the ways of this world that so lacked the innocence that my babies eyes had seen thus far. Ryder simply could not be ready for this. What if the kid thought it was fun to teach him four letter words? What if he encouraged him to take a wrong path or make a bad decision? What if he just wasnt a nice kid! This mystery 8th grader that was suppose to be fun for the kindergartens and a good role model, was just the straw that broke the camels back for me. I didnt have a problem with that 8th grader really, so Why was I suddenly so scared? The teachers went on about the first few days as I caught myself thinking again, HE isnt ready to find his classroom on his own all the way from the drop off line, HE isnt ready to unpack his lunch and unwrap his food all by himself, HE isnt ready to make new friends, HE isnt ready to not have me holding his hand all the way through! He just cant be ready for all these things you are telling me he is going to do this year. But it wasnt that HE wasnt ready. He is ready. He spent the last 4 years in school. He graduated PreK! He is one of the most intelligent children in the class and always eager to learn more. He is Mr. Independent and I havent opened a snack for him since he was 3. Why was I panicking? He didnt deserve that. Hes never given me a reason to think he couldnt do it. In fact, all he has ever given me was proof that he is a great kid with a good head on his shoulders and a huge heart. So Why for the first time in Ryders life was I doubting him. Why was my heart saying WE arent ready? Because it wasnt him that wasnt ready at all. It was me. Im not ready to let go of his hand. Im not ready to watch him walk to his classroom all alone. I will certainly never be ready for that boy to be talking to girls!!! I know Tuesday will come and I will let go of that little hand. And I am confident my heart will cringe for a second and say dont let go. I also know 100% that I will NEVER be ready for the next steps he takes in life. But I think most importantly I know that my job as his Mommy is to have faith that with each step he takes he will land one foot in front of the other just like he has been taught so many times before. My job is to have faith that he will make great decisions, faith that when he does fall (and he will) that he will get right back up, and faith that he knows that no matter how big those hands grow I am ALWAYS here to hold them a little longer. ❤️ Sue Nitti Grafton Susan Byrd DeVoe Ben DeVoe polishedmommy/1/post/2014/08/he-cant-be-ready-for-kindergarten-can-he.html
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 05:22:04 +0000
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