Comments on: shiny halls https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angie https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758586 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758586 Do you know the song “Small piece of you” by Sara Groves? Mine are 11 and 13. I know your feelings all so well. Pray pray and pray!

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758583 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758583 In reply to Manette Gutterman.

Awe – I’m sorry Manette. I am with you today in spirit with the ice cream. Where we lived was so rough, that is one of the main reasons/motivations behind why we moved. I feel ya. Thinking of y’all with lots of hugs!

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758582 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758582 In reply to Celeste.

Amen!

]]> By: Manette Gutterman https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758581 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758581 Mine never got to use his locker because they don’t give them time to get into it. Mine is also starting high school and I’ll be drowning myself in ice cream while watching his baby videos when he catches the bus for the first time. I can’t even deal!
My youngest is starting 5th grade and his options for middle school are terrible. Our school system sucks and getting into an Ivy League college is easier than getting into a great school program here. I’m stressed out already thinking about it long before Nov when we have to apply or succumb to his terrible resides school. I wish we could move to another state!

]]> By: Celeste https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758577 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758577 My youngest is 27 and I haven’t been in this phase for many years, but this brings up so many memories of the anxiety we can feel as moms. It morphs into something a bit different, but still I ask my son “How was your day?” when what I really mean is “Did you have any problems I need to handle, was anyone mean to you?” He always answers with “It was fine.” I know he can take care of himself, but it’s hard to stop parenting. You never stop wanting to protect them.

]]> By: Bonnie https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758576 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758576 You made me cry when I read your blog today. I remember when my kids were still at home and getting ready for the first day. It’s scary and exciting at the same time!!

]]> By: Margaret https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758575 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758575 I’m a teacher. I’m a mom. I get the feels from both sides of the door.
You’re doing it right! You’re watching and listening and tuned in. You’ll keep doing that and he will FLY.

(and that super-model mom? she might have stinky feet =) )

]]> By: Bets https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758574 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758574 I love this post. As a seasoned mom (three kids in their 20’s, a 19-yr old, 16-yr old, and an 8-yr old) you’d think I’d be nodding my head like a wise owl, saying “ah yes, I remember when I used to get choked up over this stuff.” But the thing is, I STILL get choked up over this stuff. My youngest is entering 3rd grade and I’m panicked by how quickly she is growing up. My middle daughter only has TWO years left of high school before she goes off on her own (how can that be?!?!?!?). My youngest son (my baby boy!!) is 6’4″ and almost TWENTY!

It’s all crazy. The new beginnings, the new challenges, the decisions you make and then regret and then come to realize they were the right decisions at the time. All the fears about “will they make new friends?” “will they find their classrooms?” “will they remember their locker combos and their gym sneakers and the right books for each class?” — all of those fears are so natural, and so unnecessary, and yet we all have them.

Your kids will do great. They have parents who CARE, and that right there gives them what they need to face these new challenges. And you, you’ll be fine as well. Just remember to bring a box of tissues with you on that first day.

xo Bets

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758573 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758573 In reply to Anne.

Yes Anne – please see my post here – https://www.thehandmadehome.net/2017/08/first-day-school-free-printable-first-day-signs/
change is just hard. Period. If anyone listens to their gut, we do. Everyone does what they have to do.

]]> By: Deb Thompson https://www.thehandmadehome.net/shiny-halls/#comment-758572 https://www.thehandmadehome.net/?p=52227#comment-758572 I was a stay at home momma until last summer when we moved and I HAD to go to work. I have two kiddos. My boy will be the first to venture these shiny halls and I’m sitting at my desk trying to “work” and instead my throat is burning and my eyes are “watering” and I have “allergies” all of sudden…because THIS. POST. My goodness. I think all momma’s have the same heart.

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