School - First Day of School!

 I never thought I would feel so strangely emotional about this day—the first day of school for Erica, my oldest daughter.

It's a swirl of mixed feelings and emotions. For six years, you’ve struggled with a small child who cried because she didn’t want to go to kindergarten. She was sick countless times, and most of those times she was in your arms. And now, here she is—a school child. It’s not as though the days of sickness are behind us, but it feels like a different phase, as if she’s stepping into a new world, and you’re right there with her, stepping into it too.

For years, you wished for the kids to grow, hoping it would get easier. But in this moment, I wished time would stop, and I wished she were little again. Yet it’s just a fleeting moment, and none of us can stop time. But what we can do is live better in the NOW and enjoy it more fully.

I embrace this day with open arms—the newness and the unknown that’s ahead—and I’m happy about it! I’m excited to get to know the future Erica, full of curiosity, eager to learn how to write and read. Erica loves stories and the world of fantasy!

I’m writing this just to remember how I felt today, long after this moment has passed… when, six years from now, she’ll be starting Gymnasium here in Germany.

I love my little one, my school girl of today, and the woman she’ll become!