School Days, School Days…

Dear old golden rule days.

It’s here.
Can you hear it?
A collective sigh of relief.
The darlings are back in school.

It’s bittersweet actually.
On one hand, I was so ready for this.
But on the other…
I miss them already.

They looked so big, climbing onto the school bus.
Nick looks like a little man.
His shoe size is now bigger than mine.

And Jordie was the epitome of a 13 year old girl;
Just willing her self confidence to make an appearance on this first day of 8th grade.
She’ll do fine.
She always does.
It’s just my job, as a Mom, to worry.

We’re going to the cemetery now.
Elaine (Dini’s mother-in-law), Jill (Dini’s good friend and neighbor) and myself.

We’re going to tell Dini that Ryan and Nathan got on the school bus just fine.
That they’re Dad followed them to school and helped them to their classrooms.
We will tell her that Ryan got a great teacher this year.
She’s kind and sensitive, just like her son.

Nathan started Kindergarten today.
He was so excited to get on the bus with the big kids.
He flashed that beautiful smile that he got from you.
He’s got the same Kindergarten teacher that Jordie had.
She is wonderful and she will take great care of your little boy.

We know that we don’t have to tell Dini any of these things.
This visit is as much for us as it is for her.
She knows her boys are in good hands and that they are loved.
Especially by her.
She’s with them now, and she is with us.

We just miss her so much.
Her smile, her laugh and her goodness.
We miss all of her.