Children/Communications Pastor
...Kindergarten. We just dropped off our eldest boy for his first day of school. On the drive over I think he was most excited about his lunchbox and all the snack that Mommy had packed him. I can't blame him. I get excited about the same things. I was thinking about Kindergarten the other day, and although I don't remember much, I do have three distinct memories:
1. The playground. I always loved recess time. That is, until the day that I was chased around the slides and swing-sets and teeter-totters and eventually caught and held down by a girl named Jenny who forced me to kiss her on the lips. Traumatized, I refused to talk to girls for the rest of my elementary school career. This also might explain why I have a lingering aversion to playgrounds.
2. Sitting in the corner. I still remember those words, "Mr. Stam, please go take a seat in the corner." Or, "Nathaniel Edward Stam, stand in the corner this instant." I became very familiar with "the corner". I would count tiles and look for cobwebs, but was rarely repentant for whatever offense had sent me there in the first place.
3. The Infamous Jesus Controversy. One evening my parents received a phone call from my extremely-offended Kindergarten teacher. Apparently, I had corrected her on some questions dealing with certain quotes coming from Scripture and she was not appreciative. I had also used the name of Jesus, which was not "appropriate". It was my first call home from a teacher to my parents. Notice I said, "first." Shortly after, I was transferred to a different class and teacher.
As I nostalgically reflect upon "those good old days" I sincerely hope that my son doesn't get pinned down by a girl and kissed on the playground (or anywhere else, for that matter). I also hope, for different reasons, that he doesn't spend an inordinate amount of Kindergarten time sitting in the corner (or the time out chair, or whatever else they do these days). But I do hope he's not afraid to say the name of Jesus and talk about the Bible! I wouldn't mind getting a phone call for that!
Alright...let the Kindergarten adventures begin!
1 comment:
Nathan,
I've so enjoyed reading your last few posts, but I had to comment when I got to this one. That picture made tears spring to my eyes as I thought about Nolan going into his last year of middle school and Anson going into his junior year. I sound like an old lady, but it seems like yesterday when I walked my boys into kindergarten. Beautiful!
(I'm going to tell anybody who will listen that they're missing out if they're not reading your posts.)
Amy
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