Independence Day???

On her first day of preschool Ella was braver than I was. She was excited and ready, I was not! I was excited for her, but all of a sudden my baby had gotten too big. It was quite silly, really...here we've been preparing her for this day and praying for her to have fun and for her to not be afraid; then God answers our prayers and I'm all miffed. She walked away from me without hardly a backwards glance and I felt slightly betrayed.

"You're sure you don't want mommy to stay for a bit...?"

"No. Bye Mom."

Even though my heart broke a wee bit to see that she could strike off on her own without me holding her hand, I am so proud of her!