Cut the Cord.

at some point in a person's life, there is something and even someone you have to let go of.  in the commercial above this dad has to let go of his little girl, but only for a few hours during the day for the rest of her life, except during the summer and when so goes to college.   this commercial tugs at my heart! that dad is just as nervous, if not more than, as his daughter about her first day of school.  Not knowing that once she got around other kids who felt the same way she did, she would be just fine. :)

i'm not a parent and won't be for a VERY long time from now, but i could imagine how hard it would be let your baby go for their first day of school.  with that precious face staring at me, i honestly couldn't do it!  i would cry until my tear ducts dried out.  i remember when i saw my friend's baby walk for the first time a little over a year ago...I was a mess! i was kind of ridiculous, but i couldn't believe that he was already walking and wouldn't need to be held much anymore.  it broke my heart--in a good way--and he's not even my child! so I can't imagine how i'm going to be with my own kid.  

after many years and countless arguments with my overprotective mother, for being overprotective, i now understand why she was like that.  it makes so much sense now.  there is nothing like a parent's love for their child.  although i was the one who cried for her when she left me in the care of my daycare workers and elementary school teachers, i'm sure she had her moment where she felt like the dad in this commercial when she was forced to "cut the cord".