Intro

About  a month ago, when  skimming the Montessori High School calender for  the next year, I saw it..... June 9, 2013. The date my only child, Katrina will graduate . Frozen, I just sat startled, clicked on my "Retrospective Playlist" on Spotify and had a quiet WOW moment.
   Then, the whirl in my brain began and I started to plan out her graduation party!! ( It's just what I do!!)  Who should I send the Save the Date cards to? When to have a party and how to do the combined family/friend type event... What unique party  can we throw??
Within the next few days, as the graduation notices and party invites rolled in we decided it was time to take a step back in time.
We attend the graduation parties of a couple of her early classmates, dined with many of her friends from that era, including her four  year  pre-school teacher and visited the old location of Friends School Elementary. She had the  moment  of "This all looks so small now..It use to seem HUGE"...   She even located the very spot where she cracked her head open while running laps  (on the curve where the sidewalk meets the grass). I sat in the small tunnels and had deja vu moments. Hours spent conversing about the stories of the day with fellow parents ,
 pictures taken of  almost every spot, snapshots of  the beginnings of an educational ride....

  Sitting  at   my first Montessori High School graduation last Sunday, I observed many other parents of incoming  SENIORS shedding tears .. whether  they were touched by the ceremony , had a personal connection with a graduate, or were looking into our collective future (or all of the above), there were knowing glances passed amongst this small community..


This blog will be my way of sharing my thoughts on  this last year  before Katrina heads off to college and what twists and turns THAT will bring!!   


                                                    361 DAYS  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!