Springtime brings new beginnings......in the animal world, in the horticulture/floraculture world, in the "people" world. We've had a bird nest nestled in the rafters of the carport. We watched Mama Bird sitting on that nest, we worried a bit when she wasn't around. I climbed up the ladder and peeked in and made sure there were "baby feathers" in the nest. Soon, we could see four little beaks peeking over the edge of the nest. Already, they're gone. That development sure seemed to happen fast.
My best bud from high school's twin daughters are graduating from high school tomorrow night. I'm sure she's thinking now that their development seems to have happened fast. My thoughts are with her as she watches her chicks prepare to fly from their nest.
On the other hand, I'm sitting here feeling like I'm being fanned by the hands of the clock spinning around faster and faster!! The calendar tells me my youngest one graduated from high school 13 years ago - holy cow! Where in the world has that time gone?
It just doesn't seem like that much time has passed since the first one went out the door to her first day of kindergarten. Such anxiety, for both of us......her, because as a youngster she was extremely shy.....and me because her time of heading out the door kind of sneaked up on me because she has an August birthday - she actually started school a few days shy of her 5th birthday (and we'd just moved from another state, with another set of school eligibility guidelines).
I survived three "first day of school" times. Each kid responded to that so differently. Time and multiple moves took us throughout the school days (5 different towns/school districts for the two older ones, 4 for #3). And the time went so fast. Then, suddenly, we were looking at colleges. All three went to the same college - son might have chosen to go somewhere else.....but as a single parent, I asked him to please go to the same school as his sister - I didn't feel like I could keep up with two kids at two different colleges, with the third still in high school. I don't think he felt too "put upon" and found his own life on campus.
I was strangely happy at their graduations. Don't get me wrong - all I have to do is hear "Pomp And Circumstance", and I tear up. But other than that, I was happy and excited to watch them enter a new phase of life. I sat through three high school graduations......all three kids' college graduations, as well as one son-in-law and one daughter-in-law. Oldest daughter has her Master's, but they didn't have a ceremony - daughter-in-law was on her own for her Master's and Ed Specialist degrees......same for son-in-law's second bachelor's. Sorry, guys, but my "sitter" only takes so much!
Now we have the two grandsons entering high school in the fall. So, it won't be long before we're back in the "graduation swing"...........let's hope Grain Valley and Blue Springs South don't decide to have graduation at the same time!!! I remember so well when oldest daughter hinted that her college graduation and #2 daughter's high school graduation could potentially be the same day. I didn't think that was nearly as funny as she did.
Spring and new beginnings - in nature and in life. Congratulations, Rachel & Jessica Jacobs!!
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