Adventures in Parenting

With my oldest son, everything was a first – first to check out a preschool, if it’s good, the sisters will follow along later. First to enter kindergarten, first to go to one week of 6th grade science camp, first to go through the complicated process of choosing classes for high school, first to write essays for college applications, first to move into the college dorm, first to walk in the college commencement. I expect he will be the first to move out on his own.

With my son, being the first, there was a sense of adventure, of new beginnings.

My youngest daughter just graduated from middle school today. With her, everything is last – last time I plan a kindergarten party, last time being room mom for elementary school, last time I chaperon a field trip, last time I attend a school concert before she quit the orchestra.

Today was the last time I attend a middle school promotion.

As my daughter goes through each stage of her life, I say good bye to those phases of life as a mom.

I heard it said that a good parent is one who works himself/herself out of a job.

I suppose I should be glad that I’ll be unemployed in a few years. Sigh…