Being a Mom is hard when your kids get older and life has moved on. As a student, I have met a lot of really good friends that I will hang out with sometimes or share emails and text on a weekly basis but when I look at my younger son, whose only 19, I think "Wow, he could be sitting right next to me". Yet, I can't help but treat him like a child. I still worry if he's out and it's getting late especially if he has an early class. He gets so annoyed at me and wants his space but I either cant let go (or I wont).
Once he is on his own and doesnt "need me" where will that leave me. **With a world of opportunity, right** But here's the thing...I LOVED being a Mom. I like the fact that he still needs me and I wish I was going to baseball games or birthday parties for them again. It is a time I will never get back and that saddens me.
My other son will be turning 21 in two weeks. Because he has been away at school and has always been responsible and independent it was easier for me to be happy for him to be on his own. I worry about him less. But Mikes my baby, he always will be.
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