School closes

Schools closes. A note in every dairy, every calender. The next note is, school opens. This happens several times per year. Parents design their year and their days around the school calender.
But today is something more significant than that. Our youngest boys is finishing his Prep School Days. He went to the same private school from grade 0 to grade 7 and today they are leaving that building. They will not play on those fields again. They are going to College next year, God willing!
How can I say thank you for all the things the good Lord has done for our boy during these 8 years? He kept him, protected him, strengthened him, gave him favour, helped him to excell at academics,sport and music; he built his character through all the adversity and the opposition he had to face; he learned how to put up with certain things he could not change; he knows how to stand his man; how to make strong decisiotn that he alone could make and that will influence his future; he learned to stand for what he believes in; and he took his punishment when it was handed out.
It is the last time he will put on those clothes. It is the last time he will wear that cap. He will fold away his first team cricket clothes and keep them in his cupboard for a while.
It is the beginning of a new chapter in his life.
All parents experience it with their children.
School closes. School opens.
Today is one of those days, but today is just more special than other days.