This year is so different. My daughter is now a year+ into her marriage and living several hours away, my oldest son has started a new college several hours away and living on his own, and my youngest son is going to get in his own car tomorrow and drive to school by himself.
Gone are the days of everyone having breakfast together, prayers on the way to school, first-day-of-school after school celebrations, and the sound of their voices sharing all the details of that first day. No more days of excitement over new school supplies, backpacks and lunchboxes. Life has been transitioning to this for years, but I think the realization that I only have my youngest for 36 more months really is hitting me hard now that my two oldest are out and on their own. I am missing the days that felt simpler and full of fun. I miss field trips and class parties and even them getting excited about picture day. Now, I am lucky if I know when picture day is! I miss the anticipation of report cards and the arrival of yearbooks. I miss picking them up from cheerleading, football, baseball or basketball practice and all the games that went with it. I even miss those forced back pack clean outs that often found moldy snacks long forgotten.
I am not sure why the nostalgia has hit so hard today. Across the state my older son is having his first day of school and my younger one will have his tomorrow. Maybe it is because my daughter was home this past weekend and it was good to see and hear lots of voices in the house and my Mother was here to visit last week? I loved life when I had a full house and being Mommy. It is the greatest gift I have ever received. Seasons change and growth happens and, even though I miss my babies, I am proud of who they are and are becoming. I have been blessed.
Happy New School Year!!!
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