It's been fourteen years
but I can still go back like it was yesterday.....
It's nearing back to school here
my boys head back to
high school
next week.......
So I am in a reflective
back to school mode.
I still remember sending
Ellis
my eldest
off to
kindergarten
for the first day....
It had been a whole summer of
anxious anticipation
making me want
to hold on tighter...
but knowing
I had to begin
letting go...
so Ellis
could begin
finding her way
happily
in her new
world.....
Ellis
my eldest
off to
kindergarten
for the first day....
It had been a whole summer of
anxious anticipation
making me want
to hold on tighter...
but knowing
I had to begin
letting go...
so Ellis
could begin
finding her way
happily
in her new
world.....
Last summer ....
it was kindergarten
all over again
for both of us.....
as we readied her for her
college departure
it was kindergarten
all over again
for both of us.....
as we readied her for her
college departure
We spent the summer again...
in anxious anticipation....
to help us both stay busy
we worked much of the summer
to take
this
empty, barren
dorm space to....
in anxious anticipation....
to help us both stay busy
we worked much of the summer
to take
this
empty, barren
dorm space to....
this....
a beautiful, nurturing, cozy, safe
dorm space
her new home...
in her new world....
a closet
fully organized
so she could always put her
best foot forward.....
Being able
to drive away.....
and know I had done
everything
I could for her
made it better
because
just like when she left for kindergarten
I knew
I had to let her go
so she could once again
discover
her new world....
letting go....
the hardest
necessary
part of parenting.......
may you savor each day
of holding on
and
letting go .
letting go .
wishing you a successful
and loving
back to school
season.
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Holding on and letting go is so hard!! A constant battle tugging at the heart! Ellis is beautiful... then and now!! :)
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