a new day

Today was one of those bittersweet days when you painfully, but very happily with full and proud heart, see the very hard & true evidence that your children are in fact growing, blossoming and becoming the finest of little people.

Today my oldest is now a 5th grader!!! And my baby graduated from kindergarten.  Big brother got to participate in the ceremony by welcoming little brother to lower elementary.  Yes, I cried. A new age begins.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”
Dr. Seuss

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8 Responses to a new day

  1. sperlygirl says:

    oh regina, i understand completely and am right there with you mi amica, right there. xx

  2. Andria says:

    I love that Dr. Seuss quote…have been trying to teach it to my kids when they cry because they have to come inside from playing outdoors, or leave a playdate, etc.

  3. April Cole says:

    Great quote…
    Lovely photos.
    Yes… time passes you by. They grow up quick. Treasure the moments always :]
    *hugs*

  4. Oh…tugging at my heartstrings!! My first 2 are grown now and my “babies” are a Senior and a Sophmore….I dread, I dread the leaving of the nest! Thanks for that sweet post!

  5. oh wow. this got me a bit teary. my oldest is just finishing up kindergarten and my little girl is going to pre-k in the fall. 🙁 so hard, but also so great to see them doing so well. xo

  6. Tammy McGee says:

    oh, teary eyed too! I can really relate to the growing up so quick. xoxo Good job sweet mama, raising 2 sweet little men. love your quote…putting it in my art journal. hope your day is beautiful!!

  7. Congrats Mama….I so know I’m going to cry when we get to these stages!

  8. kristin says:

    you’ve got me crying too…how i do love your Suess quote. i can’t seem to shake that melancholic feeling i’m having for this end of (school) year transition and what could make me feel more grateful than “smile because it happened” thank you regina. and congratualtions on raising two sweet, beautiful, kind and thriving boys. they are definately not babies anymore…xxx

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