Kaspar's first day of GRADE ONE! I'm worried. All day... just this little worry in the back of my mind... what if... what if... what if... Of course, I know it's silly to worry like that. Of course, I know that I have done all I can do as a parent to make him ready for the day and for what is to come. Still... I have been thinking about him pretty much every minute of the day. It begins with all the little things like getting a lunch packed and making sure he will like what I packed and making sure he can open the lunch boxes himself... sharpening his pencils... getting a clean shirt and pants ready. But those are just all the things I think about. Then there are the issues that arise from being in a school yard on his own with a slew of other kids way older then him. There is also the self confidence... and me trusting in him and letting him go and make decisions on his own. I can only hope that I have given him enough of the self confidence, enough faith, enough strength, enough of all that he may need.... It's a big step, not only for Kaspar, but also for me.