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Oh, the tears I failed to shed...

This entry was posted on 9/8/2006 10:20 PM and is filed under Boo Boo Kitty.

This morning I woke up and realized that I wasn't like all those other mothers who have been writing these really sweet posts about how their hearts felt as if they were being physically yanked from their chests when they dropped their child off for the first day of preschool.

Sure I had my brief moments. A tad of guilt for being the mother who is unloading her child on the establishment at the tender age of 18 months.

"You mean you can't be with him all day long? You have only had him for a year and a half. How bad can it be?"

Pangs that I was weak. My mother had 4 kids and we never went to preschool. Maybe I am a wimp. This was all while I was making his lunch today, right before we left.

Until I walked into the living room and found him with a pile of my laptop keys. Not attached to my laptop.

Miss Joann, he is all yours. Wimp or not, preschool is the playgroup that I was never able to find. I don't mind paying for Ethan's friends. Consider it an 18 month old's fraternity.

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9/9/2006 1:21 AM Carrie wrote:
If only I had been so wise as to send my then 18 month old to preschool...when he hit 20 months, a new baby brother unexpectedly arrived (he's adopted)...preschool would have been great for us all. So, don't feel bad for not shedding those tears, I can't wait for my middle son to start in a week (gone most of the day thank you headstart).
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9/9/2006 3:35 AM Jen Zug wrote:
Leave it to me to validate you. I dropped Ruthie off for her first day today and skipped happily all the way to Starbucks.
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9/9/2006 3:48 AM Occidental Girl wrote:
I hear you. I'm pained that Kindergarten is only a half day.

I love my child, but shitfire, man. I mean, really.
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9/9/2006 8:13 AM ymgh wrote:
You're a great mom. Isn't it strange that we can be pretty much "together" and a tiny child enters your life and we question everything we do...I think it is just the journey of being a mom! Most importantly ..we are all different, we all parent differently,..you hear me say daily I should have had a job all those years of raising four child. It all works out!! Ethan is amazing!
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9/9/2006 11:28 AM Jen Zug wrote:
Leave it to me to validate you. I dropped Ruthie off for her first day today and skipped happily all the way to Starbucks.
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9/9/2006 3:31 PM Amy wrote:
Eh, I don't think it's anything to worry about. Let him take someone else's laptop keys for a change. My mom was SOOO happy to get rid of me when kindergarten came around. You're allowed!
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