this is the Mystery. of the Extraordinary and the Ordinary. somehow the same. Lately i am being shown how i have lived taking things for granted. Skimming along. it's a Big Thought and i don't have much i can say about it yet, but i am feeling that i am seeing so many things as if for the First Time. or…seeing them Fully….all that everything actually IS? ????? and as i type that i think i will be surprised by this thread of thought as it goes….i think there is SO Much ahead…..
but for now…. Mystery.
and today, ………………………………………………………..~TODAY~…………………………………………………………………………..
in Rainbows and NEON
was Emrie's First Day of Kindergarten. Before today, Emrie was just Ours and We were just Emrie's. Today is change. There is School. The world. Her teacher's handout to the parents:
My Promise to You
I promise you every day your child will learn something. Some days they will bring it home in their hands. Some days they will bring it Home in their heads and some days they will bring it home in their hearts.
Heart emoji, Ms. Johnson
i have yet to get words from Emrie, but she told Alyssia 3 things right away. l. she cried a little. Missing Alyssia. It seemed like a REALLY long time. 2. she told her teacher her tummy hurt. 3. She made one friend for sure and maybe 2.
I was so anxious this morning….you take a child to a designated building, there is an adult there, you LEAVE THEM….LEAVE THEM THERE with this stranger who you know nothing about. The child is left with someone they have never seen before in a place they have never been before with 20 other children, more children than they have ever imagined.
how many first days of kindergarten have i had? 6. But this was as if the first Ever. all the other times, we just did it. Today, ………eeeeeeee…….i witnessed that absolute example of societal cultural TRUST. And i thought all day about Ms Johnson. a kindergarten Teacher. how i have never fully thought about teachers…like Ms. Johnson who every year has a first day, every year has the commitment in her handout, takes in 20 unknown children and teaches them something, Every Day. It's mind boggling…this Living….amazing and so brimming with Trust.
just finished hearing from Emrie before bedtime. only thing different was it is for sure, 2 friends. the one with the Elsa T shirt and the one with the tight ponytail. And then there was Robert, who told Everyone that Emrie is HIS FRIEND…she says he is "too much". We talked about how first day is only first day. just the beginning. Right? Oy.
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