Monday, August 27, 2007

consider it pure joy...

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! :)

oh, c'mon! you know i love The Girls - they are attached to my very heart! but there is something about seeing them happily ensconced in their respective classrooms and walking away knowing that i'm facing a day of peace & quiet, maybe even lunch out with my husband, that makes it oh, so sweet.

in addition to that, the goal of parenthood is to gradually release kids from your home into the world as secure & functional adults. first days of school are reminders of this, and are to be celebrated, not mourned!

now if you'll excuse me, i have some serious selfishness to engage in.

ha!

4 comments:

Sarah said...

heh. enjoy your day!

Mrs. Cooper said...

and then there are some of us who ... even after we have children and let them off into the school year ... still have kids all day! ;-)

111 said...

and my hat is OFF to you! big time!

kristine said...

boy those days seem too far off for me