I used to love those ads on TV that had parents dancing down the isles with their grocery carts picking up school supplies for their kids. The jingle sang "it's the most wonderful time of the year." I think it was for Staples.
Don't get me wrong I LOVE my kids and I loved having them home for the summer but, I also loved when it was time for them to get back to class. So, I'd buy a few school supplies all summer long; that way the financial hit didn't seem as bad and secondly, it gave me hope that school was indeed coming.
This June my youngest son graduated from high school. I don't get to buy school supplies any more. It's kinda depressing. I almost thought about stealing a kid just so I could secretly guide him/her down the school supplies isle and pick up a few things. "You need a dictionary? Please, let me get it for you! Pencils? Take these." Maybe their mother might freak out.
I guess it's just another stage of life that I'll have to get used to.
NMW
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