first day of school Archives - Kathryn Whitaker

The One Lesson Every Mom Should Remember on the First Day of School

This is happening. It’s really, really happening. Today, I put my oldest in high school and my (almost) youngest in kindergarten with three in between and one still at home. That’s six, in case you’re bad at math like me. As I watched my oldest confidently throw his backpack over his shoulder, look nervously back…

The Baby Goes to School

Yesterday, the baby of the family headed to school for the first time. There goes my heart, I thought. He’s been talking about going to “big cool” for weeks. His backpack has been dutifully hanging with the big kids’ duds since early August. There were many days we’d catch him walking around the house with…