Today was another beginning for our family.
A bittersweet one, because it is also the beginning of the end.
Today is the first day of my son's senior year of high school. So it is the beginning of the end of his school years. The last first day of school he will ever have as a student.
It is also the beginning of the end of our homeschooling journey as we have no younger children.
And the beginning of the end of our parenting journey, as when this boy leaves for college or wherever he might go, we will encounter the beginning of the college years and the start of empty nesting all at once. This is how it is for parents of singletons. We have moved through the other stages and now need to move toward becoming consultants to our child.
I want to be conscious of savoring this year, of enjoying this final year of our learning adventure and the transition of my son to adulthood. We will have senior pictures and final fairs and, ultimately, a graduation ceremony. The rituals that mark endings that are also beginnings. Today has been both joyous and sad and I am sure that other events will be also. There are also the routine endings. It struck me this morning that I will never again assign summer reading to Jordan. I'd forgotten that at the start of the summer.
Letting go can be sad and that is what this season is for. I hope that it doesn't become to overshadowed by college applications and FAFSA forms. Or my need to complete what I see as unfinished.
I pray that this final year cements us as a family and allows for the final forming of both roots and wings.
God bless your journey my boy, both this year and after. I love you and am proud of who you are becoming.
A bittersweet one, because it is also the beginning of the end.
Today is the first day of my son's senior year of high school. So it is the beginning of the end of his school years. The last first day of school he will ever have as a student.
It is also the beginning of the end of our homeschooling journey as we have no younger children.
And the beginning of the end of our parenting journey, as when this boy leaves for college or wherever he might go, we will encounter the beginning of the college years and the start of empty nesting all at once. This is how it is for parents of singletons. We have moved through the other stages and now need to move toward becoming consultants to our child.
I want to be conscious of savoring this year, of enjoying this final year of our learning adventure and the transition of my son to adulthood. We will have senior pictures and final fairs and, ultimately, a graduation ceremony. The rituals that mark endings that are also beginnings. Today has been both joyous and sad and I am sure that other events will be also. There are also the routine endings. It struck me this morning that I will never again assign summer reading to Jordan. I'd forgotten that at the start of the summer.
Letting go can be sad and that is what this season is for. I hope that it doesn't become to overshadowed by college applications and FAFSA forms. Or my need to complete what I see as unfinished.
I pray that this final year cements us as a family and allows for the final forming of both roots and wings.
God bless your journey my boy, both this year and after. I love you and am proud of who you are becoming.
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