Nigel's First Day At School
My grandson, Nigel goes to pre-school beginning this year. He was looking forward to his first day in class and he even shared his enthusiasm about learning ABC and 123 with his sister Nicole. As you would see from this picture here, Nigel gave Nicole a school bag and imagined that they are both going to school on that day. Such is the innocent thinking of young children. Well, I understand from their parent that Nicole will start pre-school next year and till that day comes, I hope everything would be much easier to handle.I cried on the day Nigel started school because I felt that he is still too young to take care of himself and he will be under the care of other people who are a complete stranger to him. Will they protect him from any dangers? Will they be able to recognize his asthma bout when it comes? Will he find the help he needed to take his breakfast when the school’s bell rings at recess time? In case of any emergencies, will he be given the assistance to save himself?
Oh yes, I was swarmed with anxieties on that day. I was stressed and easily agitated on most of the days in that week. My concerns were not only concentrated on just my grandson but to all those young children who begin their early childhood in fostering knowledge through education into their young mind. There’s a lot of danger lurking around the neighborhood nowadays. I’ve heard of children being molested, kidnapped and harassed in school. So, which folks will not worry when there are cases like this happening right in front of our door!
And today, though there is less worry about him in school, I am ever so concern about his well being and so to his sister’s. They are my angels and I love them with a BIG HEART. I pray to God that He will protect His Children wherever they may be. For now, I must leave all anxiety for God to take care of.
~ No evil shall befall you. Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over you and to keep you in all your ways.~ Psalm 91:10-11
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