Last Sunday night as I put the boys to sleep I was feeling very emotional. Burton was due to start school the following morning, and I had spent most of the day (not to mention most of the last few weeks) on the verge of tears at the sheer thought of it and all the … [Read more…]
So it finally arrived. The day I had been dreading and tormenting myself over for the last 4 years and 2 months: Burton’s first day at school. I awoke this morning following a restless night awake for most of it thinking about today, so instead of being bright eyed and bushy tailed, I was more … [Read more…]
Dearest Burton, It is actually really hard writing this letter to you. I have been trying to do it all week but have failed. I have sat here this evening wondering where to start and what to write,and now I have to put something down else I will never get to bed tonight. On Monday … [Read more…]
Burton had his first induction at his new school today. It was one of three hourly sessions running over the next three weeks, before he starts there in September full time. I have been dreading him having to attend ‘big school’ for a while now, which I know is silly and irrational but it just … [Read more…]