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Monday, September 5, 2011

Grade 8

Tomorrow is the first day of school hereabouts. It's been all the talk on Facebook & my non-ALI message boards, etc., and of course, you can't miss it in all the malls, stores, newspaper & TV ads, etc. etc. Adding to the fun (not), AF decided to pay me an early visit, just in time for this long weekend (impeccable timing, as always...!). My one reprieve this year: the annual Labour Day weekend get-together with dh's cousins was cancelled this year because of the recent death of dh's uncle, so I don't have to listen to all his cousins who are not just moms but also teachers. 

Katie would be starting Grade 8 tomorrow. Grade 8!!! I remember my first day (and subsequent days) of Grade 8 very well. We had moved to a new town over the summer, so I was "the new girl." Ugh. Oh well, I survived. I like to think Katie wouldn't have had to go through that. She'd be turning 13 in November. A teenager! 

At most schools hereabouts, Grade 8 is the last stop in either elementary or middle school (jr high) before moving on to high school. My understanding is that Grade 8 graduation has become almost as big a deal as high school. In some ways, I'm relieved I don't have to deal with that. 

But it hurts too, thinking about how much fun it would have been -- having grad portraits taken & proudly handing them out to friends & relatives, shopping for a nice dress (& no doubt fighting over it, lol), giving her flowers from her dad & me, arranging for hair & nails to be done as a special treat, taking pictures. 

I miss my little girl every single day. But tonight, it's hurting a little more than usual. :( 


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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMonday, September 05, 2011 10:18:00 PM

    I'm so sorry Loribeth. Huge hugs to you.

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  2. Mrs.SpitTuesday, September 06, 2011 1:05:00 AM

    sending love.

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  3. Hope's MamaTuesday, September 06, 2011 2:17:00 AM

    Every year this must be so very cruel. I'm so sorry.
    Sending love and thinking of you.
    xo

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  4. Ellen K.Tuesday, September 06, 2011 11:31:00 AM

    (BIG HUG) 8th grade is a big deal. It's the last possible year of childhood, esp. in small or private, K-8 schools.

    I don't know how many back-to-school pictures I've seen on FB in the last week or so. (Here we usually start in mid-August... late August for some schools, but teachers start working around August 3.)

    This must be very hard to endure.

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  5. ericaTuesday, September 06, 2011 12:31:00 PM

    Thinking of you, and of your Katie, and sending love.

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  6. AnonymousWednesday, September 07, 2011 1:54:00 AM

    This must be such a painful time for you, Loribeth. Thinking of you, and holding both you and Katie close to my heart.

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  7. MoniqueWednesday, September 07, 2011 2:11:00 PM

    Thinking of you, Loribeth and remembering Katie. xo

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  8. Quiet DreamsTuesday, September 20, 2011 10:16:00 PM

    I'm so sorry it's so hard. That is such a precious age (but, then, aren't they all?).

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