One morning you wake up and you realize that your children no longer require that kind of attention you are use to giving them. They know how to dress themselves. They know what foods they like to eat. They even have the occasion to clean their rooms now and again. And you start to realize that they are also old enough to leave home. Walking right out into that big scary world you hope they are prepared for. That same big scary world that is just waiting to see if they are capable of overcoming the odds and if they can put to practice all the many different things you have taught them over the years.
Lisa isn't quite old enough to prance off to college just yet, but this summer she had the opportunity to fly alone for the very first time and spend a week in El Paso. I have to admit that after her first night away I was so glad she had her dad's cell phone with her and that she was actually using it! Not just to check in with us for our sakes....but to let us know how empty she felt without us there. To let us know how homesick she was. And to let us know how lucky she feels now that she sees that stark contrast between our home and that big empty scary outside world. Reality bites...but it can also sometimes help us see how fortunate we really are.
One morning you wake up and you realize that your children no longer require that kind of attention you are use to giving them. They know how to dress themselves. They know what foods they like to eat. They even have the occasion to clean their rooms now and again. And you start to realize that they are also old enough to leave home. Walking right out into that big scary world you hope they are prepared for. That same big scary world that is just waiting to see if they are capable of overcoming the odds and if they can put to practice all the many different things you have taught them over the years.
Lisa isn't quite old enough to prance off to college just yet, but this summer she had the opportunity to fly alone for the very first time and spend a week in El Paso. I have to admit that after her first night away I was so glad she had her dad's cell phone with her and that she was actually using it! Not just to check in with us for our sakes....but to let us know how empty she felt without us there. To let us know how homesick she was. And to let us know how lucky she feels now that she sees that stark contrast between our home and that big empty scary outside world. Reality bites...but it can also sometimes help us see how fortunate we really are.
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