Some reflections on the last 3 years
On July 16, 2012
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Grace officially starts school tomorrow. She did go to the holiday school one day last week (which went really well), but the school officially starts tomorrow and it will be Grace's first taste of a full-on school environment. She is going to Montessori @ Home which we think is a great environment for her and we believe that she will thrive there.
The day that she spent some time at school we spent some time together and reflected a bit on the the last three years.
One of the things that stands out is that in the last three years there has hardly been a time when we have not been directly responsible for Grace. Our families have been in PE and we have been slack and never organised a baby-sitter or au-pair. We can probably count on one hand the number of times that someone else has been in charge of looking after her. We know that it has not been ideal, but it is what it is.
The flip side of that is that this time has been a season, and it has been a really short one. A time to enjoy Grace to the fullest, to be with her, to play with her and to nurture her. It has been a great privilege for us both to be able to be as involved as we have been.
Now a new season comes and it is strange to think that for at least the next 15 years she is going to be attending a school of some sort.
So as we end one season and begin a new one I am sure some tears will be shed, but there are so many exciting things that lie on the road ahead that we look forward to the new season.