Denise's reply? "Amy, those are the EXACT SAME words you said to me when Archer was about to go to school. 'I can't believe I'm going to put my little boy on a bus...'" (Denise is right, I did say it.)
Shelly's ready, right? I guess so. But I also wonder if that's just what we keep telling ourselves to make it ok that we're sending our little children off without their moms and dads to hold their hands, protect them, teach them about the big bad world. We, the parents, are telling ourselves that, because our society keeps telling us that. "In Japan, they send their kids to school starting at age three. They go to school six days a week for 18 hours a day." (Ok, some of that might not be true, but I'm pretty sure some of it IS true.) Anyway, who CARES what Japan does? Shouldn't I be thinking NOT about what Japan does, or my society, my neighbor, but what's best for MY OWN KID? All I can think to do at this point is pray. Lord, please protect her. Lord, if you want me to keep her home, show me, change my heart, make it clear. In the mean time, please protect her, bring her safely home to me each day. My job as her mother is to protect her. Not send her away. But we're on this track, the train keeps rolling forward, and for now its heading towards 4K for Shelly, arrival time three weeks away.
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