A big day...

Today was a BIG day at our house...for
parents and child alike. Today we escorted
our boy to his new home....Junior High!!
I can say that we all seem to be handling
it ok...but it is a big...no HUGE step. I'm
not a hovering mom...so it's not like that...
it's more that WE (hubby and I) have a
child this old. He is really beginning a new
chapter of his life next week....the chapter
that we won't get to be main characters
in....that, I must say, FREAKS me out a little
bit. You spend so much time trying to
teach right and wrong...explaining that
there'll be grey areas to navigate through.
Hoping that they will be able to make the
right choices, if pushed. I feel like all I
can do is buckle up and hold on tight...
this is going to be a CRAZY ride.
FOR ALL OF US!


I took a quick second while we were getting
his locker together...and looking for his
classrooms... to snap a couple of pictures.
You'll notice that the first picture isn't
focused very well....that's because I was
trying to whip my camera out of my purse,
focus, snap a pic, and get it back in my purse...
all before the HUGE red flashing lights and
sirens started above his locker...screaming
"I'm so uncool, my mom's taking pictures"....
yep, we did it, but had to sacrifice focus.
I'll take it...atleast I have...something...to
document the day.

Walking thru the halls I couldn't help but
think about my own Jr. High and High School
years. They were mostly good times...some...
maybe even great!! I remember how independent
and strong I felt...like nothing could stop me...
THEN...the shear horror of what is to come set
in....smacked me in a head like a wrecking ball.

When I was that age NO ONE!! could tell me
what to do...or even suggest it! I was going to
do, what I was going to do, like it or not!!

WHAT in the HELL have I gotten myself into???

Not sure that I am ready to deal with teenage
drama, hormones, and god only knows what else...

This journey...this...is going to be tough.

I can only hope that it's tougher on Mom and Dad...
then on...the boy!