so my big wee girl has started kindy. gulp. big gulp. breath deep. i know. thousands of children do it everyday across new zealand. but those thousands aren’t mine. and i can’t even bear that it truly feels as though we have blinked and suddenly she is…well big enough.
and i thought today about this quote, “this too shall pass, be present”. and i know it it can often be said alongside moments of grief and struggle. but I started thinking about it in terms of what is now. and how quickly it all passes. these moments when we hold their soft little hands. and send them off with backpacks on their backs that are too large. and shoes that are too new. and drink bottle lids still stiff.
and how we have often longed for them to start kindy sooner. just for a few moments of peace and quiet.
and then they do.
gulp.
