My sweet little baby girl is starting her first day of school tomorrow. Granted it is only Pre-K, but none the less, I am feeling quite sad that she has grown up so quickly.
I am happy that she is so excited and looking forward to it so eagerly, but I just can’t help to feel a strange sense of separation that I am not used to….just another milestone in the path of many more to come…..
I think I need to make a list:
1. I am grateful for my daughter being healthy and happy and ready to start school.
2. I am grateful Ed took me out to eat a LOT this past week.
3. I am sooo grateful Ed changed the litterbox tonight!!
4. I am grateful Ed made us breakfast this morning.
5. I am grateful I finished cleaning out one of the linen closets.
6. I am grateful Hurricane Gustov didn’t cause too many problems.
7. I am grateful I am healthy and safe.
8. I am grateful I got another person signed up for the Oct scrapbook retreat today!
9. I am grateful I sold some of my extra Stampin Up stuff!
10. I am grateful I have a lot of gas in my truck!
……….Looks like I don’t have much to be sad about….Ahhhhh, the power of GRATITUDE!!! 
Good night.
jyl @ mommygossip said,
September 11, 2008 @ 1:48 am
Hi there! Just saw you over on the new mommy network and thought I’d check out your blog. Cute! I love this post. My youngest started all-day kindergarten a few weeks ago. I wrote four posts to avoid the cost of therapy and I really should have written more. I am sure they are percolating as we speak. Anyway, I too realized how much I had to be grateful for. And… I still miss them and am trying to decide exactly what I want to be now that I am supposedly all grown up
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Anyway… glad I stopped by. I always love getting to know new blogging mommies–new to me anyway
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