I knew the day would come eventually.
Jen won't be home for Mother's Day. Too much schoolwork, 3 papers due next week. When she told me she couldn't come home, I told her she needed to take care of those papers and I'd see her the following weekend.
I won't be entirely bereft, Becca will be home. And I'll be with my parents and my sisters.
But there will be an empty spot at our table.
There is a picture somewhere, from Mother's Day in 1991...my grandmother, my mother, myself, and my baby daughter Jennifer. Four generations at the celebration.
We lost my grandmother when Jen was in kindergarten.
And nowmy baby won't be home either.
That was a great response, now she can get on with it with no guilt. This whole letting them grow up and away thing is hard though....
Posted by: Leanne | May 06, 2011 at 08:05 PM
Yes, it's hard.
She lives off campus, near the local beach. I told her she probably needs to take a break at some point and a walk on the beach.
I'll miss her, but she'll be home in another week,
Posted by: songbird | May 06, 2011 at 10:28 PM