Friday, September 23, 2011

On apples and envy

This morning's 100 words:

I think the most difficult thing about sending my son to preschool is knowing that I won't always be the one who will experience all of his firsts. I won't be the only one with funny or cute or sweet stories to tell about him. Yesterday his teacher had the class taste different kinds of apples, and when I picked up my son, she described for me how funny and joyous it was to watch him taste a Red Delicious apple--how his face lit up with surprise and delight. I'm envious that she saw it and I didn't.

6 comments:

  1. we cant have it all. we have to share. i accept but am jealous of my son growing up and needing me less and less. i love when he wants to do stuff with me =)
    just remember, mother child bond trumps all

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  2. Thanks, Tara. You expressed that beautifully. :)

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  3. Oh I don't look forward to this day!

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  4. Caitlin, it was so hard. I'd been with my son 24-7 for four and a half years, so I was the one who saw all the firsts. It's difficult to "let" someone else have that...

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  5. I remember talking with Ba.D. about this when I started taking Li'l D to daycare. I was so upset by the thought, but so glad when he started showing firsts that his nana would send us photos and document them. It wasn't the same as witnessing them all myself, but it was much better than what I'd envisioned--being totally cut off from them! I wish I could've been with him longer than ten weeks . . .

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  6. Deb, I'm glad you were able to witness his firsts in that way--almost like being there. I should stop complaining since I was able to witness more than four and a half years of my son's firsts. Ten weeks... It must have been so hard. (((HUGS)))

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