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God's gifts from the end of a season

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I used to chuckle to myself as mothers cried while dropping off their children for their first day of Kindergarten.  Tomorrow I may be one of those mothers.  So much has changed since I taught before I had my own kids.  I have spent the last six years with one special little girl.  She made me a mother.  She has taught me about life and love and working for things that last.  And that special little girl starts Kindergarten tomorrow.  She is ready.  But I do not feel ready.  Would I ever feel ready? I even had a whole extra year with her home.  She missed the cut-off to make it into school last year by being born a few hours too late.  And that was okay with me.  I had an extra year with her, and she had an extra year to become good friends with her little brother. And now is the end of a season.  The end of six years of our time, our schedule, our whims.  And now begins thirteen years of school nights, summer vac...