Comments on: friday. it’s the new thursday.

By: sherisilver

sherisilver — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:52:34 +0000

Thank YOU! Second grade and “growing up”?? Ugh – it really goes so, so fast. But having been on the other side I can truly say that it’s all good. Just different. And I agree about 5 – it’s special……

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:10:52 +0000

I can relate so much! mine are 3 years apart, three girls. My oldest in 2nd grade told me today she is growing up and I can’t keep her little anymore. So sad. I usually get that pit in my stomach when I look at her and realize she has already changed from 5 to 7 before my eyes. five is just an irreplacealbe age, so tender-and I miss it at times, but looking ahead to relish whatever awaits us as I relish my other sweet girls too.
Thanks for the post.

By: sherisilver

sherisilver — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:52:08 +0000

I love this! I was much better with my older 2 (now 21 and 16) – and have fallen short on journal-keeping with Noah. Am going to start the “1-sentence a night” tonight – thank you!

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:23:27 +0000

With an almost 4 year old and a 21 month old, I’ve recently lamented the blur of passing time myself. The author of the Happiness Project wrote “The days are long, but the years are short” and that really hit home with me. You always think you will remember, but life gets in the way.
I’ve recently started doing 2 things to help me be present and grateful and to remember. Every night I write 1 sentence about each of my sons – something funny that was said, something cute, some little new-found joy. I write a longer letter to each son each month on the day of their birth, just talking about them and what they like, what they do, what we’ve been up to. I would like to add pictures, but haven’t started yet.

These two little projects help me be present each day, help me focus on the GOOD, help me keep perspective, and help me really see my kids for who they are (as opposed to the snotty-nosed primate shrieking at me). I know one day I will treasure these things.

By: sherisilver

sherisilver — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:56:01 +0000

Thanks Elisabeth – the love? Easy! The dedication? Always feels like a work in progress….

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 03:36:54 +0000

Loved this post. Being childless so far, it’s so nice to read that dedication and pure love. Thank you!

By: sherisilver

sherisilver — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:48:03 +0000

I know, Jesse – my first 2 are 5 years apart and so I get what you mean about “no overlap” (as I often put it). I love that the teachers there are so understanding. And I’m glad that it’s “normal” to feel this way! xo

By: sherisilver

sherisilver — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:46:09 +0000

Thanks so much for this – Even my first two were 5 years apart and I think that makes a difference – although all these years later, not so much anymore. It all feels so, so long ago. xo

By: sherisilver

sherisilver — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:43:56 +0000

I loved this Jen – I still vividly recall, when Conor got on the bus for the first day of “full day” kindergarten, thinking, “Today is the first day in 10 years that I don’t have someone to have lunch with”. And that was over a decade ago. Thanks so much. xoxo

By: Jesse @ Buckhouse

Jesse @ Buckhouse — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:51:57 +0000

I have to add one more thing. I was having wine with an American expat whose little boy is 6 and moving from one school to the next this year(I can’t remember the French names off the top of my head) but she commented that it is refreshing that when they go through this change, the parents are very emotional, and the French teachers say: yes it is sad and it is very normal to feel this way. So maybe that is where the mournfulness comes from