Goodbye Freedom

It's official. School is over for another year.
It has been more than 10 years since I have sat in a classroom, longer since June signalled the end of another school year and the beginning of summer freedom.
Yet here I am, saddened school is over, not for the kids who will enjoy a summer of fun, but for the idea that in eight short weeks - we all know how fast summer disappears - my guy will be heading off to school.
How did this happen? How did my baby turn into a school-age boy already?
Time has had a funny way of speeding up since my guy has appeared in my life and while I have embraced - and enjoyed - all the ages and all the stages, I am scared and sad about this new chapter called school.
The part of me who still mourns the end of summer at the close of the Labour Day weekend is sad for the start of school and the end of freedom for my son.

Poor Kids

Yesterday was the first day of school for kids in this part of the world.

For my little guy and I, it meant we had to get up earlier and be on the road earlier so I can miss the rush-hour traffic. As we were nearing the end of our long street, at about 6:10 a.m., I noticed a school bus.

Where are these poor children going to school that they need to be picked up at that ungodly hour? I hope the school is worth it.