"Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring." -William Alexander Each…

  Her first day of Kindergarten... a day that will never come.  Today I should be doting on her - in dismay over how little she no longer is, but also so proud of the big girl she is growing up to be.  Today I should be tearing up as…