It is that time again:  Back to School for the 2024-2025 School Year.  Some went back to school 2 weeks ago and others started today.

I am recalling my back to school days with my daughter when she first started Elementary School.  I had no idea what I was doing and of course, wanted to do everything just right.  She is my first and only child, and a very timid child at that.  Getting her into the school was easy, getting her to leave my side was another thing.  She clung to me so tight, I could hardly get her little hands off my pants leg.  Most of the other children did not have a problem leaving their parents because they had been in a daycare setting.  My child has been with her grandmother since birth.  What a first half of the year!  I was exhausted every morning getting her into school and then getting to work.  Luckily for me, my sister’s child was 30 days younger and a lot more outgoing than my child.  She was not in the same classes until the third grade because the principal said they were too much like twins and twins depend on each other too much.

When the second half of the year came around, my daughter could not wait to go to school but she never wanted to get up in the morning.  She would lay in bed half the night until she finally fell asleep waiting for me to tell her it was time to get up for school.  I recall her having trouble sleeping for the first 3 years of her school years.