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The end is the beginning is the end....

Sometimes, you are so filled with words and emotions that you don't know how to express them fully. My daughter is leaving this week for college, and the feelings I have range from pride, to fear, to happiness, to sorrow. Every parent expects their child to leave the nest someday.  From the first day of kindergarten, when they look back and wave and don't need you to walk them in anymore, to the day they have their first sleepover at a friends house, to the day they drive off alone; these are all things we try to prepare for. What we can't prepare for, what we can't ever expect, is that the relationship between a parent and a child can fracture so badly that it seems irreparable.  When you have children, your instinct should be to protect them, to nurture them and to guide them.  However, sometimes that just isn't the case. I have two amazing children.  I love them more than I ever thought it was possible to love another human being.  At the time they were con