Today we had Kindergarten roundup for Aaliyah.
I'm sure every mother goes through this when one of her kids is getting ready to start the
BIG K.
Has it really been 5 years?
Can't be.
I remember like it was yesterday laying in the hospital bed holding Aaliyah for the first time, putting her in the SUV to come home for the first time, putting her in her crib for the first time....as so on.
Is she really going to start school?
yES.
Do I like it?
No.
She LOVED hanging out in the K class while the parents did their registration thing. I loved watching outside the door when she did not know I was looking.
She was happy.
Mom, not so much.
The first day is not going to be easy.
Which then started my thoughts back to the day that we took Abbie to her first day of Kindergarten.
At that point in my life Abbie had been a part of my life for almost 3 years.
I was so glad I was able to take her to her first day of Kindergarten.
I can remember what she had on. I can remember her walking in holding her oversized backpack. I remember her sweaty hand holding mine. She was nervous. I was suprizingly nervous. Since Abbie was not my biological daughter I thought this was going to be a breeze. That particular time in our life I was staying at home taking care of Abbie and Shelby during the day while I finished school.
We got really close.
I was going to miss her.
I look back at all the years that have passed by.
Abbie is 13 now.
A gorgeous 13 year old.
Today I found myself not thinking so much of Aaliyah as I thought I would, but how much Abbie is a part of my life. She is so talented. So kind. So loving. So artistic. So forgiving. She loves to draw. She loves to read. She loves to watch any kind of movie with me. She is such a great sister to her three other sisters. She loves to cook.
She loves photography.
She has the best imagination.
I'm so proud of her and the decisions she has made to help her life go a certain direction even at age 13. Some Sunday mornings I will get a text on my phone when she is staying with her mother for the weekend, to see if it is Fast Sunday. She has a strong testimony. She loves YW. I walk in on her working on her YW goals and reading the scriptures.
Ive never had to ask her to it.
She has some wonderful friends.
Tonight she is out with them.
The house seems just a little empty that she is not around.
I just want to let Abbie know that even though I'm her step mom, she means the world to me.
I can't imagine my life with out her.
Her laugh is infectious and loud....I love it.
So here is to Kindergarten Roundup and the trip down memory lane today.
Thankfulness.....
1. Memories.
2. Aaliyah.
3. Abbie.
