This fall, my children will be going into Kindergarten and Grade One, which is to say, I made it! I have launched my little ones into the world;

I am that mom. The one who doesn't want her kid to go to school. Who looked into homeschooling and private schooling as genuine schooling options.

Kindergarten starts soon. I'm looking forward to the things she'll learn and the friends she'll make and…having some more time to myself.

Meeting other parents can be as nerve-wracking as the first day of school used to be when we were kids.

Whoever said that parenting gets easier as children grow older never walked away from a kindergarten classroom.