He’s Leaving Me
Last Thursday, I took Spiderboy to kindergarten orientation. I hated it. First, they separated us as soon as we entered the prison. My son was escorted to the kindergarten cell and I was told to join the rest of the adult prisoners in Cell Block D. It was so exciting, I almost fell asleep. The Prison Warden went over the latest torture techniques, which I already knew (the Little Princess attends the same prison and my niece also served her sentence there when she lived with us). During the whole presentation, I was wondering if my son was tormenting the other inmates.
I’m going to miss the little guy when he starts kindergarten in the Fall. I’ll probably miss him more than I missed his older sister when she started kindergarten. Unlike the Little Princess, my son is still very attached to me. I’m at the center of his universe — the last person he sees at night, the first person he sees in the morning. When he goes to school, I will still be an important part of his life. But when he’s at school, it’ll feel like he has been transported to another universe — one where I don’t exist. And it’ll be full of rainbows, candy, and superhero action figures.
Don’t get me wrong here. I do want him to go to school, learn, meet new friends, and chase girls. And I do want him to grow up, start his own family, and experience the joys of fatherhood. Really, I do. But I also want him to always be the adorable boy that he is today. Weird, isn’t it? I want him to grow up and I also want him to stay the same. Can’t exactly have it both ways, can I?
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THanks for the honest post…TOo cute!
My wife thinks I’m cute too.
Yeah, I’m sure all parents feel the same way! Although I’ve seen a trend where once they become teenagers, you just want them to leave already. LOL
Yet another reason why I wish my kids would stay the way there are now.
I feel the same way about my son; still, he’s already almost nine-years-old, and we’re still joined at the hip. Maybe he’ll stay my little boy just a wee bit longer.
Maybe it’s a boys thing. I noticed my son is also a lot more easy going than his two sisters.
Boy oh boy I feel your pain! My little guy is “official” this fall too!
Hugs,
Holly
I guess there is only one thing left to do — become a full-time volunteer for his class.
If only they did stay adorable little boys/girls… darn it. I love that they have to go to school!!! But then, I’m a grumpy tired old Mother of 8.
I think if I had 8 kids, I would feel that way too.
If only they could stay little forever. Always your little guy. Them going to school is sad, but necessary. Roo starts preschool in the fall. I’m going to cry.
At your preschool? Not sure if your son would agree, but that would be nice.
Yes, at my preschool. He won’t be in my class, thank goodness, but he will be on my hallway. Neither one of would be good for each other if he were in my class. He goes to the nursery there now, but he is downstairs.
Julia’s headed to preschool in the Fall. You summed up the way I feel perfectly.
Nice timing. You get to spend some quality one-on-one time with Lucy.
I would have given anything to have a dad exactly like you. :O)
In that case, I’ll fill out the appropriate paperwork and adopt you. I hope you like Oregon.
Ahhhhhh Now I can put a name to the face….!
I so know what you mean about the “Kindy” thing….I never sleep a wink the night before….
Luckily, kindergarten is only 2.5 hours instead of a full 6.5 hours for the older kids.
I’m doing this with my boy tomorrow. Thanks for the thoughts! He’s my youngest so it really will be sad.
We’ll be very sad too when our youngest starts school. She actually wants to start school now. She had a big meltdown when she couldn’t go to kindergarten orientation with her big brother.
No you can’t have it both ways, but I think that is truly how all parents feel! I know I do.
I suppose that’s one of the reasons parents want to have grandkids down the road.
I think we all go through that stage … it is hard … I dread the day I will go through this myself.
No it’s not weird. I’m feeling the same way. Zachary has his kindergarten stuff tomorrow if he feels good enough… we’d probably be in trouble if he went in pukey.
It’s the most heart-wrenching thing in the world when you give up the responsibility to your most-valued possession to complete and total strangers.