First day at Kindergarten
Big day - happy Dad.
Tuesday was my daughter's first day of
kindergarten. It wrecked me then made me deliriously
happy.
I expected Kayleigh to be
excited and dreading school all at once - but she's a constant source of
surprise, she either hides the dread or it's just not
there.
We play a game at dinner now -
asking each person in turn in rounds, "what's the worst thing that happened to
you today?" - after everyone has answered, the next round is 'what are the best
things?" Kayleigh very rarely thinks something bad happened - even on days when
she's had a row with a friend or some other trauma. I may stop this game - I
don't want to train her to think differently than she does now. She's just pure
joy with a wonderful attitude. Go figure - a constant surprise and source of
deep pride.
How does this make me feel?
Really really fortunate; she reminds me of all that is good every day and I
can't imagine anything better than being a dad - especially her
dad.
Posted: Mon - August 23, 2004 at 06:22 PM