"Mom why do kids have to go to school?"
I gave him a typical answer, so you can get super smart and learn everything there is to know.
"Why can't kids just stay home and have their mom's teach them?"
Well not all kids have mommies that can stay home and teach their kids so that's why we have schools. "But I miss you when I have to be gone for seven hours every day."
After swallowing the lump in my throat I told him that I missed him every minute of the day that he is away from me, but his teacher at school is much smarter than me and will be able to teach him stuff that will make him smarter than me.
He liked that response, I think he's pretty sure what I said is true and he can't wait to be smarter than Ben and I. He thinks he's just about there already!
I can't believe how good he is at pulling my heart strings, for a brief moment I thought, oh no should I be home schooling my sweet boy? I mean he did get flashed by a group of older girls on his first day of school, is this my sign that I need to keep him at home to protect him? My better judgement reminds me that we are to live in the world, not of the world, and my precious son has so much to offer I cannot hide his light under a bushel. He is going to do fantastic things on this earth and I'm going to have to suck it up and try not to let my heart ache every minute of every day that I'm not with him.
