[Jackiejdajda]

You have such a full life.. Julie..

My son is working on a production of a film about Amelia Earhart. He is coming here today and will tell us about what is happening on the film set..

I can not imagine having a daughter going to Ethiopia..
What she is going to experience over there has got to be something else..


Jackie

[Robinsmom]

Julie,
I know exactly how you feel. My son is graduating this year too. He will be off to college in the fall to study music production. I have had two others grow up and leave home, but there is something about letting him go that pulls on my heart strings. I love all my children, young and old, but my son is my soul, unlike my older daughters, he was different somehow. Our relationship was different, and I feel a deep sadness that I soon will not be able to see him coming down the stairs in the morning. I have pushed the thoughts of him leaving to the back of my mind, somewhere that I don't think about them everyday, but I know that soon I will have to face them. I want him to grow, and see the world, and to have every opportunity, he has quite a talent, and I know he will go far with it. Still, I will miss him. I will not let him see how sad I am, because I do not ever want to be the reason that he held back. Sometimes we just have to have faith. Faith that we taught them well, faith that they will be safe. Faith that nomatter how far away that they are, they will always be close in our hearts. Some days, it's not so easy to be a mom.
Hang in there.
Colleen

[Jackiejdajda]

My daughter left to go back to the big city (son decided to not come out for the long weekend).. Hubby and I are alone again.. I can sit on here and message to my hearts content (don't have to make breakfast lunch and dinner sort of).. and then I can do what I want to do..

I kind of like that.. so this time of my life is a good time..
When the kids were growing that was a good time as well..


Jackie