Another honest moment with Dionne - Today I had 2 of my boys have their first day of school and the other 2 start tomorrow. Many of you may think I appear to be one of the moms that have it all together, have all the school supplies purchased and neatly packed in back packs, clothes freshly laundered and children freshly bathed, but let me take a moment and tell you what back to school really looks like in the Dodge family. I take a trip to the store and try to not be the mom that purchased supplies at the last minute and gets stuck with what is left, but arrive at the store only to realize I have left our supply lists at home. Not to worry, I have a pretty good idea of what they need, so I begin loading my cart with what I think they need. No choosing what color you want or this design or that. You get what I get. I get home and find the list right where I left it, on the counter, and begin checking off the items I purchased, only to realize that another very large list of forgotten items remains to obtained. I return to the store, return home and place all school supplies on the ping pong table, in the middle of a basement that looks as if it has been hit by a tornado, and say, get what you need and put it in your back pack. As that process begins, there are yet more items that somehow magically appeared on the list since I last looked at it. At this point I resign myself to the attitude of, well they have ALMOST everything. As far as what they will wear the first day of school, I did do a good job and got each if the boys a few new clothes, if only I could find them now! Why would I not be able to find them? Because I hid them in an attempt to keep them clean until school starts. I eventually find them and hope the boys choose clothes that somewhat match. They choose what they want to wear and unless it is a horrible fashion atrocity, I let it go. Someday their wife can correct any lack of fashion sense I have contributed to during their upbringing. All in all, they start the day looking quite handsome and I am a proud mama! Until I see all the pictures on FB of childrens first day of school and realize I have once again missed that photo! Oh well, if I take it tomorrow, no one will know the difference. After all, how many kids have pictures of their second day of school? As I sit in the quiet house as they are finally all at school, the tears begin to fall as I realize why I struggle so much with this time of year. I love my kids so much and treasure every moment (even the not so perfect ones) I have with them. Sending them to school signifies the end of this summer with them, the late nights, the camping in the rain, the staying in our pjs and watching TV all day (yep, we do that too) and begins another school year where I long for every break they are given. I share all of this, because whether you are the mom that has it all together, or are going out the night before school starts and cramming in the shopping, or are the mom that loves summer with your kids or the mom that cant wait to send them back, take a moment to give your treasures a big hug and send them off with the most important thing, knowing that you love them! My kids will probably laugh someday at all the second day of school pictures they have, and probably wont remember that I sent them to school without a box of Kleenex, but one thing is for sure, they will always know that their mama loved them!
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 01:38:04 +0000
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