Man, I don't know why it's been so hard to get back into the groove- but I'm thinking that hormones at that "time of the month" must have something to do with it. Yuck. I swear I've been useless lately. The gloomy, cloudy, rainy weather doesn't help things either...and the fact that my oldest kid just officially moved out yesterday.
It was a tearful moment as I pulled her teddy bears off her shelf and packed them into a box. I was flooded with fond memories as I recalled buying that little teddy bear from the department store when I found out I was pregnant. I remembered her cutting teeth and gnawing the fuzzy nose off that teddy bear...and how she always had it sitting in her crib, on the corner of her bed, then how it graduated to a place high up on a shelf. My eyes welled up with tears as I pulled it off the shelf and dusted off his cute little head. I tried so hard to cry silently while she was in the bathroom...careful for her not to see me getting emotional. But I wasn't quick enough to get it out of my system. She walked in and caught me...and joined me in a tearful moment.
I realize it's a rite of passage when you're 23, graduated from college, and starting your own business. I knew it was coming and honestly, I know it needed to happen...but it still felt sad. I guess I can blame it on the hormones.
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I'm right there with you crying, and mine haven't even left yet, they just went to school. Kathi
Ok..my son is sitting right next to me talking in his stuffed dog voice. Can you say "fingernails going down a chalkboard?" Having said that, I am cherishing those moments, as irritating as they sometimes are because I know that I will turn around and my babies will be gone too...only Connie, I will be SIXTY! ACK! It's just a new phase and you will enjoy it just as much. And I tell you that because that is what I have to tell myself everytime I get wistful about how fast my kids are growing up.
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