Re: Need a kind thought, please

{{{Sandi}}} I know, it's so hard to give them up!

I had a harder time with my oldest moving out than my youngest... but youngest has made up for lost time by coming back to stay with me for a month or 2 at a time whenever her husband is on TDY. Every time she leaves, it's harder for me than the time before. If her DH is deployed to Iraq in July, as is rumored, she may be coming to stay with me until after my grandbaby is born. I may not let either of them leave after that!!!

My thoughts and prayers will be with you tomorrow. It's rough, I know.

Anne



Sandi wrote:
Hi, y'all. I know, given the subject matter, that the temptation to turn this into a political thread will be strong, but please, I beg of you, resist!

At 11:00 tomorrow morning, I'm dropping my baby (okay, at 20 he's not A baby, but he's still MY baby) off at the recruiting office to leave for Army boot camp. This is really what he wants to do, and I'm so proud of him I could explode, but oh, my goodness, my heart is absolutely broken!

A couple of weeks ago, when I asked for tomorrow off, I laughed it off when the folks I work with said it would be hard. After all, he's 20, and it's time he flew the coop, and frankly, I had begun to wonder if he would ever move out. But this is by far the hardest thing I've ever experienced. I cry at the drop of a hat. I'm driving him crazy, just sitting and staring at him when he's home.

Has anyone else had the empty next thing hit them hard? This is sooooo unexpected for me and frankly, I feel more than a little silly. Maybe it would be easier if he were going somewhere that I could talk to him, but just hugging him goodbye and not hearing from him for a while may turn me into a nutcase!

Please keep a good thought for me tomorrow, in hopes that I don't make a complete ass of myself or embarrass him too badly...

Sandi


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