Lately I have been missing my mom. I wish I would have known that she cried on the way home from dropping me off at college. I wish I could tell her that I appreciate all the little things she did for me. I wish I could tell her one more time that I love her. And I find myself wishing... I would have asked a few more questions and taken the time to listen.
As my children are growing up and leaving the nest... I know it's time to let go and let them make their own lives but at the same time... I wish I could have back the days of when they were little and needed me to kiss away the hurts or a trip to McD's for an ice cream cone and talk-time.
All of life is a series of various challenges... it's what builds character right? Hopefully when I come to the end of this life... my character will be shining like gold!
2 comments:
Oh do I "hear" you! Even though mine left the nest several years ago, I still miss those days when we were all here together! Don't get me wrong, I DO love our daughters-in-law and our grandchildren, and I treasure my relationship with them all! There's just something nostalgic about those days when our little family had not yet "grown up".
I know what you're saying. We're closing in on that LITERAL nest-leaving as D finishes up his senior year, but I've really been noticing for the past year how they're growing into their own lives. It's a very cool process, but a sad one as all.
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