A taste of Forshadowing as they grow.

May 11 05:35 UTC 1993

This weekend gave me a little taste of forshadowing, I think.  My eldest
had two events for which he needed to buy gifts...his teacher turned 40,
and one of his classmates was/had <?> bat-Mitzvah<ed>  <?>.  Now, in the
schoold he attendeds this was a matter of somewhat more import than it
would have been in public school since the teacher and students start
working together in Grade 1 and stay together until Grade 8.  This people
are almost family to him.

So, he went out and bought roses with babies breath and a box of chocolates
for the teacher, and a lovely gold fill and "genuine cubic zirconia" rose
pendant necklace for his school mate.  As he headed off on saturday in
his heather grey suit, I couldn't help but think of the sort of suitor
he will be, and of the day he'll make his true love his lifemate.

It was poignant, both sweet in that I saw a caring, generous young man
with a real sense of style starting to develop head out that door, and
sad because the little fellow who needed me so just a few years ago is
now so close to leaving me to make his way in the world.  

response 2 of 3:

Jan 15 07:00 UTC 1995

Yes, both of my children attended the Rudolph Steiner Waldorf school here
in Ann Arbor.  I've been extremely satisfied with the quality of the
education they've recieved and with the level of professional
committment we've seen in the teachers.  It's been great!