I feel like a fifth grader again.

Not easy to type on my phone. This is my third child to start fifth grade here. At this school, with these teachers.

Two years ago, when my son started here, it was (to put it mildly) an extremely stressful time for me and my entire family.

The stresses are different now, I’m older and maybe a little wider wiser. It amazes me how much our kids are expected to learn in such little time.

Tonight I heard their PE coach say that only lace-up shoes give them enough ankle support. I think of my daughter bouncing all over her gymnastics gym or our yard barefoot and think he might be mistaken, she is damn strong.