Well as you may have noticed, I posted a few pictures tonight. Alas, there is one picture missing. I’m very sad about this too. And there will never again be another opportunity to capture this moment on film. Yesterday my baby started college. I BEGGED with her, pleaded with her, wept at her feet, to please please please let me walk her to her first class and take her picture at the door. I just wanted to complete the circle. 12 years ago, around this time of year, I stood outside of her first grade classroom, on my tippy tippy toes (the window in the door was rather high), and tears running down my cheeks as she found a seat, and settled in on her first day ever of school. All the other mommies dropped their children off and left, they had done this the year before for kindergarten, I am sure, but as this was our first time, I stood there for the longest time, dripping tears on the floor, trying to catch her eye, wave to her or something, but she walked in that room and never once looked back. I was hoping for the same experience as she walked into her first college class (this time I would have a camera!), but she refused. She did it alone……
but she did it!!!!!!!
Cute pictures and CONGRATS Jessica! Yay! If you want to walk me to my first class on Monday, I welcome you.
Your post almost made ME cry!
Well of course Sarah! After all, you are a bit…..hormonal, right?
I’d love to walk you to your class Andrea.. you going to JCCC too????
No, but I think you’ll still be able to make it, right?
Ok, this can just not happen to me. My babies just can’t ever grow up old enough to go to college!!! They overly enjoy going to the playroom at the Y and don’t look back. hrummm…. It will most likely be my son that leaves me in the biggest pool of tears – out of all my children, he’s the one that still seems to need me the most.