Emma is at the age of “what if”. Usually she’s worrying about something.
Today it’s me who is worrying and playing the what if game.
My sweet girl is going to kindergarten. In about 2 hours.
What if someone is mean to her?
How will she handle it WHEN someone is mean to her?
What if she is mean to someone?
Milestones.
She is ready. She is smart. So why is my heart hurting so much?
I wrote her teacher a letter about her.
Dear Mrs T!
I just wanted to let you know a few things about Emma.
She loves stories and songs and making up wild tales. There is an ogre who lives in her Auntie Jenny’s attic, and a troll named Bluebell who lives in movie theaters.
She still believes in Santa Claus and fairies.
When Emma is happy she is usually singing. She’s a huge fan of Taylor Swift and Sarah McLachlan. She also likes the musical Wicked. She can memorize songs very quickly.
She loves dancing and dressing up. She loves to be read to and will beg for more stories until my throat is sore. She LOVES to learn. She says she’s going to take every class in the world so she can know everything.
She loves camping and movies and ice-cream and dark chocolate.
She is eager to please and loves to help. She is affectionate, she loves to hug and snuggle and we are trying to make her understand that she doesn’t always have to hug her friends, that not everyone likes hugs as much as she does.
She is afraid of the dark (sometimes), thunderstorms, and cats (most of them). Because she is imaginative and creative she is always thinking up bad situations and asking what if. I don’t know if that is normal, as she’s my only one. I know I was the same way when I was her age.
We let Emma choose her outfits. Sometimes they are a little wild, but we don’t like to stifle creativity and we get such a kick out of them.
She’s basically this busy little dancing singing fairy. She is SO MUCH FUN. We both think she’s the neatest child in the world and we are so proud of her.
I went on to talk about the family situation, the legal stuff, and volunteering.
Milestones.
So I guess, on the up side of “What if”…because it’s odd to contemplate that my sweet 5 year old daughter will someday be a woman, What if she turns out to be every bit as awesome as I think she’s going to be?
