Last week my two boys started school in Singapore. It is Lance’s 3rd year as a student and Carl’s first. Lance was okay, except for the first few minutes when he was nervous so I had to talk to him, kiss and embrace him and assure him that mommy will be waiting outside. Carl didn’t want me to leave, just as i expected, but Singapore schools don’t allow parents inside the classrooms even during the first day. The teacher said (comforted me) that she will handle my Carl and i had no choice but to take her word for it. At that moment I think i felt more helpless than my son. Being his first ever day in school, i wanted to stay inside the room you see!
In the same manner that school is another milestone for my kids, it is also one for me. It is an avenue where i have to loosen the ties and accept the fact that my kids are growing up and now have an added world, aside from that of home. It is exciting, knowing that they will learn new things and meet new friends but it is also a bit discomforting, taking the fact that each day spent in school is a day nearer to leaving the nest. And like a mother eagle training her young to fly, i have to learn to let go, knowing fully well that if i do, they will soon be able to soar….
