A New Chapter

A week ago today Hannah began the new adventure of Kindergarten. She was so very excited and has loved every day of school so far. 

After her first day, when we got home, she said to me, "Mom, I had so much fun I didn't think about you." 

Well my goodness child, I thought about you all day and even got a little teary, wondering what you were doing and how you were getting along. 

 I know it's a good thing she loves school so much, and I'm so thankful for her preschool that prepared her so well. This mama's heart is just not ready to see her grow up. I know each phase of watching your kids grow up is fun and exciting in its own way, but part of me still wants to keep her little and hang on to her innocence for as long as possible. 

This passage out of One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp captures my thoughts exactly:

"Stay, Little One, stay. Love's a deep wound and what is a mother without a child and why can't I hold on to now forever and her here and me here and why does time snatch away a heart I don't think mine can beat without?"

Our prayer for Hannah as she enters school is that she will not allow others to influence her and change who she is out of a desire to be liked by her peers, but rather to continue to be who God has made her to be, and have confidence in who she is.