Tomorrow you will wake up. For a moment you will be in the groggy stage of the morning as the sun crosses your face. In your heart you feel it.......a change is about to sweep in and change everything about your life. It is a change we all have already faced but now you will see it through your mama heart. You will get her up and please stop and watch carefully because this moment will only come around once in her life. The clothes will be important even for a five year old and of course you will want to make sure she is cool if it warms up and is warm if it cools down. Tomorrow school will start and her future will truly begin.
There will be moments of chaos as you check off your mental list everything she will need in order to get through the day. You will check, double check and triple check. You will convince yourself you are missing something. You will watch her eat her special breakfast and put on that backpack that looks way to big compared to her tiny stature. Hugs and kisses will be met with hugs promising to never let go. You will slowly walk her to the end of the driveway and wait patiently for the bus. There may be moments where you want to scoop her in your arms and carry her back inside just so you do not have to share her with the world. That baby of yours is no longer a baby and her true independence will shine through those beautiful blue eyes. They will pierce your heart as she finds her way to an empty seat and waves one last time to her mama.
There is no need to worry. She has a heart of gold, a spirit that can not be contained and jabber jaws like her Aunt Danica. She is a fiery, independent red head who will take on this world with a fury and dance through every special moment. All of that comes from you. Take pride in raising an intelligent, kind and beautiful little person. Those arms she slipped out of, she knows will still be there when she bounces off of the bus and back into her mama's arms........the place she calls home.
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