One of My First Memories As a Child.
It´s believed that we can have memories two or three years after our births. In my case, I have memories from the age of three. I still remember the first day of kindergarten. There were many children around me, and some of them were crying and asking their mothers not to leave them there. A few of them kept close to their mothers, holding their hands and looking at the other classmates. Only a few of these kids were happy to be there.
As far as I remember, I was in the latter group. I wasn´t crying, but I was not happy, either. It scared me to think that my mom could leave me alone with kids to whom I had never seen before. However, I also knew I was not a toddler, so it was time to let go. At the end of that class, most of my classmates were playing together with a big smile on their faces, including me.
Good work!
The phrase, "fly the coop," means:
To leave somewhere, especially to leave your home for the first time in order to live away from the family.
Usage notes: A coop is a place where chickens are kept.
The last of our kids has finally flown the coop, so we have the whole house to ourselves.