The Beginning and End

I began crying today when I realized, on my way to work, that Alex, beginning today, will be a Senior in high school. A Senior.  In high school.

The significance of this is beyond what I can grasp.  I remember holding him as a babe, so attached and so in love, unable to imagine him as a Senior, at the end of high school.

There's a whole year ahead, with Alex as a Senior, in high school.  Today I cried.  In the same moment I'm proud.