Night Before The Big Day!

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Twas the night before preschool and all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, except mama mouse.

She was cleaning, and packing, and trying to pray

that her babies would have a safe first day…

The Maniac Midgets are sound asleep – the same place that I should be. Their clothes are laid out. Their new Spiderman backpacks are stacked, packed, and waiting to be holstered upon their very small shoulders. They are very excited.

Mama Sparrow is ready too. My class schedule is printed. I’m way too tired to be nervous anymore. Before this day gets all the way from me though, I just wanted to acknowledge the significance of this, the night before their very first day of preschool.

I have kissed their sleeping faces, prayed over them, taken my own mental pictures of tonight – my attempt to freeze time, even if it is only in my own head. My camera is charged and ready to take those same familiar pics…I have taken them before – in 1999, 2001, and 2003. I look at those occasionally and stand in awe at the speed in which those days escaped me.

Tomorrow I will take more of our last little Sparrows. I will enjoy every frustrating moment the morning will bring, and I will count every minute as important…because I know that it will be just the blink of an eye before tomorrow’s pictures will also be records of distant memories.

Lord, please watch over my babies tomorrow. Please cover every mouth, eye, and hand that takes part in my children’s care on this very big, first day of preschool, and continuing on into this term. Please send legions of angels to surround, all the way around, above and below my little guys, a hedge of protection against all harm – physical, mental, emotional,and especially spiritual. I pray all of these things in the name of your own precious Son…Amen.