GREENSBORO, N.C. — It's time for my "2 cents."

Ready or not, here comes kindergarten.

I'm finding my son is ready. I am not.

Logistically, I guess, I'm doing all right, with a school supply list printed since June, and a bin on the dining room table filling up with folders, Play-Doh and a pencil box (in blue, of course, his favorite).

Notably not on that supply list...is Mom .

My heart is struggling to open this chapter, because my head can't believe it is already time.

The other day, I saw the basket of toy trucks beneath his bed. My mind flashed back to toddlerhood, as I witnessed his imagination excavate a whole new world of play. I realized quietly, without my noticing, he had stopped playing with those trucks...swapping mini skid steers for sports, science and socializin

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