elementary school

i posted some class pictures from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade on face.book the other day and the response is almost unreal.

i only had one or 2 friends on face.book that i knew from elementary. i only posted it because my daughter is in kindergarten and i am sentimental.

there are like 8 or 9 people that were in my class commenting on the photo. they are coming out of the wood work like crazy!

one is a boy who's homework i used to do for him because if it wasn't perfect he would get hit at home. another is a girl who i thought hated me in high school, coming to my rescue about an awful teacher we had in 4th grade.

i left school after 4th grade to be home-schooled because that horrible teacher was giving me panic attacks. does school always have those horrible things that bind you to your friends? is that what i missed by not going to public middle school?

what binds people together other than bad experiences? great experiences?

i want my kids to grow up strong, so i can't save them from every situation. HOWEVER, i pray that God will show me when i need to save them, because He knows i don't want them to hurt if they don't have to.