I remember watching my eldest get on the kindergarten bus on her first day of school. My heart broke a little and I wanted to yank her back into the safety of my arms. But, there was also a part of me that was happy about entering this new phase of motherhood. I pictured my kids going off to school happily, learning and growing, making friends easily, and turning into well-educated adults before my very eyes. I figured I would stand back and view it all serenely. Yeah, that wasn’t the way it went down. At all.