Originally Posted by Anonymous

did it ever dawn on anyone that maybe we just love our kids and want to keep them around for an extra year. You only get a certain amount of time with them


So true. We love our son dearly. It was so difficult to see him off to 9th grade. The 17 years we've had with him have gone by so fast. It was so painful to see those middle school years go away, but as many of you know there are only so many places you can go to keep repeating grades.