"I'm too busy at school to think about you."

This was Nick's answer to Mom's question: "Do you miss me when you are at school?"

His reply continued to mention that he was too busy doing projects, playing and eating snacks.

Letting go of my son to go to kindergarten has been a bittersweet experience. I have always heard that the parents' job is to give their child "roots and wings". Though one might think that his response would bring a small crack to my heart, to the contrary, it tells me that we have given him confidence and sturdy roots to go out to experience the world on his own.

His wings have begun to sprout!