Last Dance

Tuesday 6 PM:

Tonight was Ethan's last school dance at the elementary school. He came home glowing with the exertion of dancing & full of wild stories of who-said-what & who has a girlfriend now. He is officially ready for middle school-although, I confess, I am not. Letting him swim with the sharks in a larger pond is scary. I'm not ready for the minnow to jump ponds yet-I just now got the hang of elementary school!

I am excited however about his enthusiasm, his fearlessness, and his view that the world is a safe place filled with adventure & friends. He is naturally optimistic & hopeful, and for that I am grateful.

A wise man once said: adults have much to learn from children. INDEED!
I guess it's time for me to grow up, too... ready or not.

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.

~William Stafford