Preparing for my birds to leave the nest

As I filled out the pages and pages of kindergarten registration forms for my oldest son, Matthew, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed.

Not just for filling out the forms, while trying to keep my three-year-old son John, and Matthew entertained while filling them out, but overwhelmed that my oldest is going to be a kindergartener.

I literally could feel my heart getting heavier.

This feeling would only intensify for me a couple weeks later as I was registering John for preschool.

“Preschool already?”

This thought just makes my heart feel even heavier. It is hard to explain, but I am...