One down, two to go…God help us, this is hard.
There’s no deluding myself anymore that daughter has simply gone away to school once again.
She has moved out.
The trailer packed to the roof with the accumulated belongings of her 24 years…
The long ride to Chicago via Indianapolis and the long ride home without her…
The weekend spent moving her in to her apartment and shopping for necessary housewares…
The amazing friends who traveled with us to help her move and to keep me from losing it at the thought of leaving her…
The finding myself alone on Sunday afternoon feeling so overwhelmed with the thought of leaving without her that evening and having to pull into a parking lot to sob because I couldn’t see to drive…
Yes, Dear, who had to stay behind because of work, telling me he’d cried looking at her empty childhood bedroom…
The goodbye hug that I had braced myself for, thinking I could get through it without crying but couldn’t…
Crying in Daughter’s empty childhood bedroom myself upon returning home…
Calling Daughter yesterday only to find out that she was relaxing on the shore of Lake Michigan enjoying a good book…
Okay, now I’m just jealous.
Sigh.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:02 am
You made me cry with just the story. *hugs*
I cried the other day when my son moved out of his sister’s room. Can’t take the growing up now.
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August 8th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Oh man. That will be me soon. I’m working on making the next year go v e r y s l o w l y…
I’m choked up now, after reading your post.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
*sniff*
Oh, wow. That’s hard.
The nerve, though, reading on the shore of Lake Michigan. I’m jealous, too!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:33 am
oh my. that last picture is quite poignant.
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
OMG.
I can’t even begin to imagine.
Thinking of you.