tears--preschool

[Guest guest]

Well the day came, I started in preschool today. He has an

August birthday and we really didn't feel like he was ready at the

beginning of the year. We felt like he was ready now and he's just

wearing his shoes during his sleeping hours now. He went for the

fist time this morning. We had visited twice. I talked it up all

weekend, but I had to walk out with him laying on the floor screaming

no, mommy. It was awful. I didn't let him see me upset. I was

telling him it was okay, I would be back in two hours with a happy

voice. And once I was out the door, I burst into tears. I called my

best friend and I couldn't even speak for a moment, she could just

hear me crying. She forgot it was 's first day of preschool so

I scared her to death she thought for sure someone in my family had

died. The preschool called me 20 minutes later and said he was doing

fine. He cried for a few minutes and then sat in her lap and then a

couple of kids came up and took him under their wing and then he was

doing fine. I go and get him in an hour and 20 minutes. I hope he's

still doing fine. I used to always worry when he would start school

because of his clubfoot because no one else besides his father and

grandmother has taken care of him. But that was actually the

farthest thing from my mind. As they grow it becomes less and less

of their life. Happy growing.

Pam and (8-12-01)