The first day of school is a big deal for just about any parent — and Bristol Palin is no exception.
The mother of three took to Instagram on Wednesday, August 14, to celebrate the start of the school year, sharing a shot of her daughters Sailor, 8, and Atlee, 7, on her Story. The two appear standing in front of the Palin house, backpacks on and smiles wide.There was just one notable absence: her 15-year-old son, Tripp.
Palin, 33, explained over the post that Tripp is back in Alaska with his father, her former fiancé Levi Johnston . He and Palin began dating in high school in 2005 and had an on-and-off relationship before splitting for good in 2010.
Palin now works as a real estate agent in Austin, Texas and shares Sailor and Atlee with ex-husband Dakota Meyer . Johnston and his wife Sunny Oglesby live in Alaska with their daughters Breeze, 12, Indy Rae, 9 and Delta Jo, 5.
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“This has been the hardest ‘first day of school’ yet with one of the biggest pieces of my heart missing,” she wrote. “Tripp has decided to finish out high school in Alaska to be closer to his dad and our entire family.”