If you could keep your child wrapped in a bubble and protect them from all hurts and sorrows, would you? When we were getting things ready for Connor to start Kindergarten, it was a big deal to let my son go out of his protective bubble and into the "real" world. In our world he is Connor...in the real world he is "the tiny kid with the big head" over there. Karen kept him safe and loved at Daycare and we kept him safe and loved at home. I was so afraid that once he entered the school system we wouldn't be able to keep him safe anymore. I cried at every meeting, expressing how he is such a sweet, loving kid and how I didn't want him to lose that. I was an emotional wreck and I through myself into everything I could do to make sure it was "OK". Meetings, Paperwork, e-mails, meetings, paperwork...I just wanted Connor to be "OK". He is "OK" and this year couldn't have been better. But here are times when I just want to keep him in a bubble. His first sports day is next week and I find myself thinking..."Will he be able to participate? Will they think of him when they make the stations, Will he be able to keep up? "....I need to let go and let him go...he will be "OK" out of the bubble.
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