Today is my last day to have my sweet Rachel home with me. I have been preparing her for this day for 22 years. I know that I have given her wise advice that she has taken to heart and she is prepared to spread her wings to fly from the nest. However, along the way I forgot to prepare myself. I don't know what I had been thinking perhaps that she would go to college then come back home to me? I never thought that if your child was to do great things that they would have to leave the nest to accomplish those things. I guess I'm a little more simple minded then I thought.
It's so strange how you can feel all these emotions at the same time. Joy to see the wonderful, amazing person your child has become, great sadness to see her leave, fear that you will never be as close as you were and that you will never be as important to her as you once were and useless because you are no longer needed in this special person life anymore.
Today, in the spirit of one of my favorite characters, Scarlett O'Hara; I vow I will think about this another day but not today.!
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