Wings and Roots

Letting go – I think we do it as soon as our kids can walk. Everything after that is part of the process of preparing them (and us) to leave the nest to forge their own path. It starts with kindergarten, which can be emotionally wrenching for a parent. Just seeing those little faces on the big school bus on the first day of kindergarten – they look shellshocked, like they don’t know what is going on. But, of course, they come back into our loving arms after a few hours – still needing us for most of their physical and emotional needs. When you send a child off to college, you get perspective on sending them off to kindergarten.