My girl's new journey......

My daughter has been attending Ascend in Milford since she started school and it has been a wonderful experience.......I had read about the school when Mads was young, before school age, and knew with certainty it was for her....and I was right:) She has thrived there and built a beautiful foundation for herself. She went through the toughest times of her life there, after her dad leaving, and they have supported her beautifully in all of that. Her guide that she has now is second to none.....Mads loves her, and admires her deeply....and she has learned so much. However having said all of that, Mads and I both felt it was time to have her journey shift some in her education, and she will be attending DV in the fall.....and it was not an easy decision......especially as a teacher myself, and seeing some of the challenges that lie in education these days.......however the public school system is also full of wonderful people, and teachers making a beautiful difference in the lives of children every single day......:) And lots of goodness amid those challenges.......And there are opportunities galore for Mads there too.....and this awareness found us both, myself first, and then Mads, and it was so clear......I could really hear myself....just as I did when I heard it was a yes for her all of this time....and I would do it all again.....if I could go back, I would still send her there again:) There are also logistics in our lives that this will alleviate.....it is not easy juggling all I have to, to make it work for Mads to go there......it requires so many pieces....but I would have continued doing that juggling with a smile, if we still felt she should stay.....and she is excited about shifting her journey some...the little girl that lives next door will be going into the grade Mads will, and in the same school....so that will be nice.....and they play nicely together.....a sweet neighborhood friendship, and they have fun running between yards, and doing the old school childhood thing:) So we will be transitioning in every way next year....Mads heading to public school, and Gabe continuing his transition program.....I am lucky the logistics for him will be similar bus wise, etc.....and I think I can pull it off on my own with work etc......and it will be bittersweet for us.....and my mama heart has been deeply touched by all that has been said about Mads as she is leaving.....each person sharing what a leader she is there, and a pivotal part of her tribe, and the special ways that live inside of my girl, and that she will be amazing at whatever she decides to do.....and how sad they are at thinking of her leaving....I am so humbled by the mark both my children make wherever they go.....and the impression....it truly humbles me and makes me so damn proud of them.....they have been through so much and yet......they are both thriving and impacting those that know them with such heart:) All I could ask for:) So I suppose you need to know when it is time to leave the party.....and I know that now.....feeling when it is time to move on from something.....and so move on we will.....Having Mads attend Ascend has been a gift to our lives....a magical place that was right where she belonged......and she will take all that goodness with her into her next journey.......So grateful to each and every person that made her journey there so so special, that impact will never be forgotten xoxo