Today was the first day of kindergarten for Talmage. That special day that is full of all kinds of emotions for mothers. That day when tears are shed.
You know, those emotions like humiliation, frustration, embarassment, exhaustion.... what? Ohhhhh. Not those emotions, huh? So you mean your child didn't go to kindergarten kicking and yelling, being prodded and coaxed? Refusing to have his picture taken? And your child didn't even try to run away, fighting teachers and staff? And those mother's tears aren't supposed to be out of sheer frustration wondering how you will ever survive raising this kid? And you didn't get a phone call an hour into class saying you needed to come back to the school because he was still trying to run away? Well now, aren't you the lucky one.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying.... "I will try again tomorrow." -- Mary Anne Radmacher
