Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Independence Day

This week the dreaded day arrived: baby ventured out into the world on her own. Now that her father and I are busy with work, we've decided to enroll baby in a daycare program two afternoons a week. It was not a decision we arrived at easily, and as I walked into the YMCA with my precious baby girl in my arms, knowing that I would walk out without her, I felt my heart breaking. And I felt panicked for her: Would she feel abandoned when I left? Would she burst into tears and be completely inconsolable? Would I be letting her down as a mother?