Comments on: My Life as a Parent: Milestones, New Chapters, and the Status Quo http://www.jhsiess.com/2010/06/15/my-life-as-a-parent-milestones-new-chapters-and-the-status-quo/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Meg http://www.jhsiess.com/2010/06/15/my-life-as-a-parent-milestones-new-chapters-and-the-status-quo/#comment-9431 Meg Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:47:14 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=3055#comment-9431 I can completely relate to what you wrote about how you were feeling after your son graduated. It is a shower of pride, exuberance and profound loss all at the same time. No more worn out knees to patch. No more little league. No more shoes to tie or noses to wipe. It is such a monumental change for everyone. Such a juxtaposition of emotion to be bowled over with excitement and feel the sadness soak in. We spend years and years, every moment of every day of their lives preparing them to be independent, to be successful, to be safe, to take care of themselves. And yet, somehow amidst all the things we remembered to prepare them for we misplaced ourselves, we forgot they would leave us...as they venture out into the world. We forgot they would need us in entirely different ways some day. Even when they come back, it will never be the same as it was. It will never again be time to sign permission slips or straighten the seam of a sock, not with them anyways. Oh! I happened upon your site and read a few of your posts and came to this one and I can completely relate, so I had to respond. ((hugs)) from a random book-loving stranger who knows exactly how you feel. I can completely relate to what you wrote about how you were feeling after your son graduated. It is a shower of pride, exuberance and profound loss all at the same time. No more worn out knees to patch. No more little league. No more shoes to tie or noses to wipe. It is such a monumental change for everyone. Such a juxtaposition of emotion to be bowled over with excitement and feel the sadness soak in.

We spend years and years, every moment of every day of their lives preparing them to be independent, to be successful, to be safe, to take care of themselves. And yet, somehow amidst all the things we remembered to prepare them for we misplaced ourselves, we forgot they would leave us…as they venture out into the world. We forgot they would need us in entirely different ways some day. Even when they come back, it will never be the same as it was. It will never again be time to sign permission slips or straighten the seam of a sock, not with them anyways.

Oh! I happened upon your site and read a few of your posts and came to this one and I can completely relate, so I had to respond. ((hugs)) from a random book-loving stranger who knows exactly how you feel.
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]]> By: Sheila (Bookjourney) http://www.jhsiess.com/2010/06/15/my-life-as-a-parent-milestones-new-chapters-and-the-status-quo/#comment-9353 Sheila (Bookjourney) Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:18:02 +0000 http://www.jhsiess.com/?p=3055#comment-9353 Wonderful post! You are so right.... we have those bittersweet moment sin life that sometimes we brace ourselves for knowing they are coming, and others hit us and we have no idea why.... Congratulations - I bet your heart is full of joy! Wonderful post! You are so right.… we have those bittersweet moment sin life that sometimes we brace ourselves for knowing they are coming, and others hit us and we have no idea why.…

Congratulations — I bet your heart is full of joy!
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