well tomorrow is it...anthony's last day at miss michelle's. i've been fighting back tears for two weeks now everytime i drop him off/pick him up dreading tomorrow arriving...in a few short hours, that time will come. alas the real waterworks have started!
miss michelle has been a constant presence in anthony's life since 9 weeks old. he has seen her 5 days out of 7 for the past 133+ weeks of his life (that's just crazy when you look at it like that).
this leads me to the struggle i am having now...thinking that i'm being selfish in moving him to his new school to accomodate my schedule (i work 5 days a week and need 5 day care; michelle is only going to be working 3 days/week going forward and it's impossible to afford 3 day care with her and 2 days some place else)...not thinking about what it's going to do to my son to pull him away from a woman he loves and cares about as much as some family members (no offense to any family members...you know what i mean).
i know that given time, anthony will come to love playing at his new school as much as he loved playing at miss michelle's. i know that he will enjoy craft time, lunch and nap time as much as he did before too; however, my small, sweet, caring little boy i know will miss the one-on-one time with miss michelle. the patience and caring she showed towards him (and the other children) as if they were her own children, will outshine any "attention" he may get at his new school.
last night anthony and i worked on a gift to give miss michelle tomorrow. it's a flower-shaped stepping tone in which we placed tony's handprints with his name and '08 and some neat mosaic tile pieces. we (ok, well mainly me, he wouldn't have known if it didn't turn out "right") were very pleased with the outcome and wrapped it up for her. i created a card using a wordle i printed with things anthony and i thought of when we think of miss michelle. we will be giving it to her tomorrow morning.
such little presents for a woman who has/will have had such a huge presence in not only anthony's but john and my life as well. we will miss her so much!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
presence & presents
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Just got done with Kara's last feeding and thought I would check out the blogs (I wasn't able to check anything out today!)before going to bed...I feel your sadness. Tomorrow is Ryan's last day of school. I feel so bad for taking him out- he truly loves going. He also gets to burn a lot of energy that I don't think he can do at home...plus "circle time" just won't be the same at home. Wish me luck as I try to make the transition to being home with mommy & baby go smoothly for him. He is already starting to show jealousy and testing me left & right...I just hope he doesn't get worse. :(
GOOD LUCK tomorrow! Remember that our little guys will be making transitions like this for the rest of their lives and there will be many more tears and teachers to thank! In the end, Tony will do great! sending lots of hugs! :)
PS- LOVE the stepping stone- it turned out great! what a wonderful idea and I know Michelle will love it. How couldn't she? It has the TONY D's handprints on it! ;)
Okay now I am teary eyed! Just beautiful! I know that Miss Michelle will not have a day wihtout thinking of our Tony!Just as long as I never get a good bye stone for my garden we will be all okay. LOL! Love-Aunt Sue
Don't worry Aunt Sue...you'll never get a good-bye stone. If you're good, maybe a life-sized statue for your backyard (so long as Wolf doesn't pee on it!)
We know all too well how hard it is to say goodbye to special people. Adam has been to a lot of schools and has also had a lot of therapists. Sometimes they had to leave and sometimes we had to leave. It's a sad part of life, but we remember the special people, and I know they will remember Adam. It sounds like Miss Michelle is quite a lady. Just because Tony won't be seeing her on a regular basis doesn't mean she's leaving his heart. She helped to raise him, and the good things she's taught him will always be there. One great way you can thank her for years to come is to keep her up to date on Tony's milestones. I still exchange Christmas cards with my second grade teacher! By the way, I love the stepping stone. Can you pretend that I did something wonderful and make me one, too?
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