A new era...

Where to even begin?  I can only say that five years passes in the blink of an eye.  Seriously.  If you blink, you won't even realize it has been a whole five years.  Then you'll find yourself at a school dropping off your child for their first day of kindergarten.  And that's where I was this morning.

I remember the first day we brought Tyler home from the hospital.  He was so tiny and sweet all snuggled up in his carseat.  Somewhere waaaay in the back of my mind I knew this day would come.  But then it seemed like a million years away.  Nope, not a million, just five!  And trust me, five years is not as long as it seems.  Even with all that we've gone through and all that has changed in our lives in five years, it still flew by so quickly.

The other day John called me lame when I asked if he was going with us to drop off Tyler and mentioned that I would probably cry.  I defend my tears.  And lets be realistic, they are not just sad tears, though there are some sad ones in there.  They are also happy tears because I am just so proud of the boy Tyler has become.  He is a generous, kind, caring (and sometimes really naughty) boy who anyone would be happy to be friends with.  On the other hand the sadness comes from the fact that he will never be just my little boy again.  Now he's a big kid (who incidentally begged us to just drop him off this morning and let him walk all the way up to the school by himself), he's a school-ager, he's almost six and our lives will never be as simple as they were before.

That being said, today was a good day.  We all survived and I only cried a little.  Tyler had a great day, just like we thought he would.  Although, he's not too happy about the fact that he has to go every day.  He thought that since we kept saying he "had to go to school on Tuesday" that he only went on Tuesdays.  Whoops, imagine his surprise when we told him he had to go to school any day that mommy was going to work?  He'll get used to it, we all do.  I do look forward to watching him learn and grow in ways that I can't teach him.

Thank you God for the boy you have sent us who has blessed our lives for the past five years.  And please, God, if you will...watch out for this special boy as he begins his journey in life through schooling.  Please watch over him and help him to see the special boy You created him to be.  Most of all please help him to be kind and considerate and loving with everyone he meets.  Amen!