Such a short time.

I was reading my daughter Kristi's latest blog, and suddenly I was caught in a time warp. She was lamenting the fact that her preschool daughter, Trinity, would be going to school all day beginning next month. Has it really been that long since Kristi started kindergarten? They didn't have much preschool then. It seems such a short time. I was transported back to my first day in school. It was the first grade, since kindergarten did not even exist back then. I could see the kids and the teacher, observe the classroom arrangement, even the books on the shelves under the windows, and smell the classroom odors. There was a door between our room and the other first grade classroom. The door opened and they brought a kid from the other room to ours - I felt sorry for him because he had gone to the wrong room on his first day of school, and we had already started class. Everybody was looking at him and he looked like he wanted to cry. I have always felt sorry for the underdog, but that is a different story. I remember how oblivious I was to so many things as I went through my elementary years, and then what a trouble maker I was in Junior High. Then I was graduating from High School, then college followed by the Masters Degree. It was such a short time. I watched Kristi go from kindergarten through the pain of Junior and Senior High, and then she was marching across the stage to get her Master Degree. It was such a short time. I've watched Jeff go through all of the steps, and now he is working on his Master Degree. It has been such a long time!!! Just kidding, Jeff. Suddenly I could see Trinity marching across to get her Doctorate, and it will be such a short time. I hope I will be around to see it, but life is such a short time. Eternity is such a long time - I hope to share it with you.