Dear School Mamas,

As I thought about the school year approaching, I remembered back to when my daughter started kindergarten. We'd done preschool two mornings a week before that, but there's something different about kindergarten. There's something scary about brand new beginnings and new schools and that feeling that we have no idea what we're doing. I remember looking around...I could tell which parents had older children that had gone to our school before. They knew which way to go for pick up. They knew each other. I sat in my car and just observed. I wondered if I would ever feel like I belonged at this school. Eventually, I did. But it wasn't overnight. It took time. Just as any relationship take time, growing community at your school will be the same. Maybe you're an overnight grower. That's how Kara was. But some of us are not that way. We take more than 2 minutes to feel as if we've been best friends for life. :) I am not saying that you will certainly find your people at your child's school. But you might. Especially if you are open. If you stay 5 minutes and talk to one another and get to know each other. There can be beautiful community to be found.