New Beginings

Tall Girl starts senior school tomorrow. She is feeling nervous and excited. I am feeling excited for her but sad for myself. A new era is beginning. I am entrusting her to a new set of adults. People who will influence her whom I shall never really get to know (unlike junior school where there is one teacher and many opportunities for contact) She is catching the school bus at 7.30 tomorrow morning. She has never traveled on her own. I can feel my bonds to her stretching further than before. Painfully extending across space. Knowing that things are changing and I can't stop time. People say, when they're babies, that you should make the most of them. The time goes so quickly, they say, and they're right. It just didn't seem like it at the time. And now I find myself wishing for all that time back, I want to do it all again. But life's not like that. I must look forward. She has to grow and I know she will be beautiful. She is my wonderful rose and her blooming is about to begin. Good luck Tall Girl. You are much loved.