Our big day...the first of many

This is it!! Today is the day!! My baby boy is graduating from Kindergarten today! I am so excited that I could burst.


I know that he is not the first kid to graduate and it’s only kindergarten but this represents so much more to me.

I have been reading on the blogs and such that it takes a father to teach a boy to be a man. I understand this way of thinking. I know that I am not a man so there are things that I cannot teach my son. And it pisses me off because I have no choice in the matter. I am it. I am the one who is there day in and day out and nights to making sure that all is done for my son. I never want him to have to worry about the lights being turned off or having only enough food for him to eat. Because you know what, even at almost 6 he wouldn’t eat it all. He would try to share with me.

I had a pretty uneventful pregnancy with my son. Everything went as it should but I couldn’t enjoy it. I was too busy trying to keep his father happy because I did not think or want to raise this child alone. Sadly, the first 2 years or my son’s life was spent with me thinking that I could not raise him alone. I had to keep the “family” together. Well you know what happened. It didn’t stay together and daddy dear disappeared when he could not have it all his way.

It has been hard but I changed my focus. I know that I am all my son has so I do what I have to do for him. Thankfully we have my family including his god parents that pitch in when I need help.

So this day represents more than my son leaving kindergarten. It represents that I am doing the best I can for my son and my best is good enough. He is a kind, intelligent, funny boy and I am SO PROUD to be his mom.