Field Trip

Having three children in 4 years has been a lot of work and tomorrow my oldest is off to school! It’s the last day before the first day of kindergarten, and I’m seriously teary!!

I’m not kidding! I’m queasy just thinking about it. Her backpack is packed. Her lunch is made and her clothes are all laid out. My big girl!!

I’ve been so nervous that when my 3 year old said “ Mommy I want to go somewhere”, we threw some lunch in a bag and we were out the door in about a half an hour! We went on a little field trip with the kids down to Gef Pa’go Chamorro Cultural Village. It’s located in Inarajan, Guam. It’s also known as "Inalåhan" in the indigenous Chamorro language and is located in the south eastern part of the island. We ate our picnic and took a tour. This island keeps amazing me. The people were kind and told all kinds of stories. The kids, aside from being distracted by a little mother cat, were very into the demonstrations. We learned how they make coconut candy, recover salt from the ocean, make ropes and weave baskets. The photos are on my flickr photostream. I hope you enjoy them

Of course now I’m home again and back to worrying. The kids are asleep as I write this. I know, I know… she’ll be okay… It’s me I’m worried about. :)

I think I’ll just tell myself what I would tell any mom that has a new kindergartner. Don’t worry she’ll do great! You should be proud. You’ve done your job well and now it’s her turn to go explore a little, to have her own little field trip!

Sheila Cason, MD