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summer, where art thou?
oh my, where did the summer go? I blinked and it was gone, just like that. seeing it slip by made me especially sad this year because I knew it meant that I would be sending my 5 year old to Kindergarten FOR THE LAST TIME. I did it with Zoe when she was 5 […]
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Here we go AGAIN!
Send chocolate.And coffee.And LOTS of Kleenex!
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Congratulations, Zoe!!!
Monday night was our little Kindergartener’s graduation. I admit, I let one or two little tears slide down my left cheek but I quickly covered them with my Nikon and I was able to collect myself. Seeing her up there, I realized how much she has actually grown this year. Not just physically.She amazes me […]
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the "F" word…
post update: I know, I know.I think this is awful and it has truly upset me. I have felt like no one around me gets just how damaging this could be to small, impressionable ones. My hubbie gave me a look, the first time I pointed it out, like, “Yeah. So? Society today is rude […]
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a new blog and a new pair of glasses…
I started on a project last week that is very dear to my mending, school-mom heart.this was the only way for me to let all of my focus remain on my sweet, baby girl….and not have it classified as “border-line compulsion“. introducing: Zoe is so excited about her new blog.in fact, she’s beginning to show […]
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touched by a butterfly…
Ahna’s post made me think about the importance of my role as Zoe’s mother and how I need to shift my focus towards the “big” picture.I need to help her through this process and stop thinking about how it affects me.she is on a new journey that all young women must begin in time.this is […]
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I’ve lost control again…
(the following photos are documentation of the simple fact that I am a pushover.) I went into this school year telling Zoe that I would drop her off and pick her up from school.every day. she would not be utilizing our city’s school transportation system. nor, would she have the will power it takes to […]