In just one week, my son will come home the triumphant college student. He has had lots of fun at college and made many new friends but he has also worked very hard and done well in his classes. He has grown and matured in many ways. I am so proud of my young man. For about a month, I will once again experience the joys of hearing loud music blasting from his room, of tripping over size 13 shoes while walking across the living room, of not being able to keep enough food in the house, and of finding the sink full of dishes when I thought everything was clean. It will be such a joy to have him home again and I will treasure the time because I know it will fly by and he will all too soon be heading back to college.
Still, there is a bittersweet feeling in knowing that my little girl is all grown up, graduated from college and living on her own. When she went off to college there was always the sense that she would someday come back home at least for a while, but now there is a finality. Any visits home will be just that, visits.
When we were raising our children we tried to give them both roots and wings. So now that our precious daughter is flying solo and doing a good job of it too, why do I get a lump in my throat?
If you are reading this on facebook there is a video that probably didn't transfer, you can see it at http://happymomsramblings.blogspot.com/. Look for the post titled Roots and Wings from December 5, 2009.
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