I am grateful Rachel is staying with us for a few days.  It has softened the blow of sending Ben to all day 1st grade.  I may or may not have cried all the way home after I dropped him off yesterday.  He's so young and he's gone for so long each day.

I did not think I would feel this way.  I am usually not so sentimental.  Yet, I feel like we are making a transition in our family from little kids/toddlers to school age children.  I have mixed emotions about this transition.

I am grateful for family.  It was so nice to have Grandpa, Grandma, and Rachel over for dinner last night.

I am grateful for this boy.  Today is his first day of first grade.  He was nervous and excited.  I am too.  I love him so much.  He is such a sweetie.