And just like that

Flash back to Spring of 2000, I entered a building I hadn't entered in many years. Granted I'd driven by many times & had fond memories of the place. I was sitting in this building & looking around. Honestly I don't remember my exact thoughts at that time. Fast forward a few months of the same year. I had entered the same building & this time I remember EXACTLY what I was thinking as I looked around. I looked down at my little girl & saw blue eyes that were not quite sure what to do. I wasn't quite sure either. But I knew I had to leave her there with total strangers, which goes against everything you want to do as a mother. As I walked out of the building I could feel the tears building. I raced to my car & let the dam burst. I don't know how I managed to drive to work that morning. I walked in & a co-worker asked me what was wrong. I'm sure my red swollen eyes & tears still streaming down my face made her think the worse. I answered "I had to leave her." Of course she asked who I had to leave & where. My answer was "Stephanie. At school". You see this building was Lowell Elementary & the room I left her in was the cafeteria. I had taken her to her first day of kindergarten & walked her to the breakfast line. And just like that it's now 2013 & in just a few months my little kindergartener will be a high school graduate.