I passed down South Eighth Street, from Taylor, and saw all the mothers lined up in their cars, waiting to pick up their children from First Baptist Kindergarten. It has been a long time since I was dropping Kate off at the First Baptist Activity Building for kindergarten. She shared a class with a lot of her friends, children who shared classes with her for twelve more years. A whole generation of children. Kate was in Miss Daisy Smith's kindergarten class. Miss Daisy had a gentle hand with those children and could control them with a quiet voice or a movement. That was a time. It seems like it was the end of an era. Perhaps it was. There is a sadness as if a part of me will no longer be there. Soon, Kate will graduate from college and be off to other adventures, and our little girl will be far from us.
I would hope that she wants to go out for greater and grander adventures. I would hope that she has the confidence that would allow her to step out without hesitation. I would hope that she knows that she can make it. But I also hope that she would want to come back to us, at least to visit, and know that we are always there for her, if she needs us. And I would hope that she is happy with what journey is laid out before her.
Pray, with confidence.
About Me
- TBAYNHAMIII
- I was born in Kentucky, though my parents had been living in Knoxville before my birth. My mother's mother lived across the street from the hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which was convenient. I moved around quite a bit when I was young, but ended up in Georgia. I like to read and write and love food and drink way too much. I have a funny wife and daughter who has finished her batchelor's degree and is living with her grandmother in North Atlanta and studying advertising. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I had not gone to law school. Regrets come and go with the seasons.
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