Today’s Lesson: A moment of panic, knowing that you’ve lost…

My seniors just had their graduation last night, for which I am amazingly proud. I cried, cheered and felt a pride I have never felt in my heart before. But today, as I took down all of my pictures and posters, I had a moment of panic, knowing that they are no longer mine. It was a bittersweet feeling. They have reached their goal, my goal for them, and the world is now open to them. But in that moment I realized that I had lost something. There are kids that I will never see again, kids that I love and cherish. But the truth of life is that, there is only a handful that I will ever see again. It is for those that I wonder if they truly understand the magnitude of the world around them. I wonder if I did a good job preparing them to stand up to what will face them. I wonder if they know how hard it is for us to let them go.