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First Day Of School,

 

 

 

She started school this morning,

 

and she seemed so very small.

 

As I walked there beside her

 

in the Kindergarten hall.

 

 

And as she took her place beside

 

the others in the class,

 

I realized how all too soon

 

those first few years can pass.

 

 

Remembering, I saw her as

 

she first learned how to walk.

 

The words that we alone made out

 

when she began to talk.

 

 

This little girl so much absorbed

 

in learning how to write.

 

It seems as though she must have grown

 

to girlhood overnight.

 

 

My eyes were blurred by hastily

 

I brushed the tears away

 

lest by some word or sign of mine

 

I mar her first big day.

 

 

Oh how I longed to stay with her

 

and keep her by the hand

 

to lead her through the places

 

that she couldn't understand.

 

 

And something closely kin to fear

 

was mingled with my pride.

 

I knew she would no longer be

 

a baby by my side.

 

 

But she must have her chance to live,

 

to work her problems out,

 

the privilege to grow and learn

 

what life is all about.

 

 

And I must share my little girl

 

With friends and work and play;

 

she's not a baby anymore

 

she's in Kindergarten today.

 

 

Author Unknown

 


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