Just a few more days :(

Just a few more days until the end of the school year...How the heck did that happen?  Wasn't it just September yesterday?  This year, it is not only the end of the school year for us but the end of an era.  We are moving on to a new school and that scares the heck out of me.  New building, new teacher, new rules NEW NEW NEW.

For those of you who know me personally, know I do not adjust well to change.  I love the feeling of comfort when I walk into our current school.  The entire school knows me and my daughter.  They love her and it is a great feeling.  It is so scary being the little fish in a big pond...the Middle School Pond no less.

I don't even want to get into how much I am going to miss her teacher...she has been our world for the last 3 years...what am I going to do without her.  Granted she has become more to me then my daughter's teacher...she is truly someone I can call my friend and I know we will always keep in touch but she won't be in the same role in our lives anymore.

Parents of typical kids are lucky in a way...they switch teachers every year...there is 1 teacher and the next year there is another teacher.  In my world, there are 7 teachers at any given time who are with my daughter.  Most of these 7 have been with her for the last 3 years.  They know everything about her...we have our routines with each other.  I am going to miss them more then they will ever imagine.

I consider my daughters teacher, her second mother.  She is with her more then I am (not including sleeping hours of course).  I don't envy the teachers when this time comes....they have grown to be such a big part of these kids lives and then, just like that, the child moves on.  No one but a special needs parent will understand this emotional connection we have. Our teachers are so much more then teachers, they are therapists, they are cheerleaders, they are disciplinarians, and they are family!

I am dreading the last day of school and having to say goodbye.  The only solice is that I know it is not really "good bye" but "see you soon".  Though that doesn't make it suck any less.

Until Next Time...

Jen