1st Little Bird Flies the Nest

The last week has been a little crazy with snow days and delays and so finally today I will take a few minutes during our lunch break to blog. Yesterday we went to visit Michelle after her first week at Franciscan. Last week I took her down on Thursday expecting to spend the night with a friend that lives about 50 minutes from the college and then come home on Friday and go back again with the family on Saturday but the winter weather threw a wrench in that plan and I ended up staying Fri and Sat in a hotel by myself in Stuebenville. That was weird. I don't know that I have ever stayed in a hotel by myself before. I did have a chance to see afew TV shows I have never seen namely "What Not to Wear" and "John and Kate Plus Eight". I was reminded how easy it is to get sucked in by the television and hours to go by. I did also manage to get some reading/paperwork done I had brought along and was able to attend some parent sessions at the orientation that I hadn't planned on.
Leaving Michelle on Sunday was one of the hardest things I have ever done. She stayed in the parking lot and waved until I was out of sight. There were lots of tears especailly that first hour driving home. I miss her like crazy but am grateful she is doing well and I know this is part of "my job". I love being a mom and I am soooooooooo grateful for the 18 years I had with her in the nest. Now that said, even though she has left the nest I am hopeful she will come back often and even when the time comes that she starts her own nest or whatever God calls her to do I will always be her mom!
I was talking to my mom the other day about how different it is than when I went away to college. My father died when I was 12 and I was the oldest so needless to say it was traumatic for my mom when I left especially since she turned 40 that same month. Now with cell phones, texting(yes I have learned how to text), and email we can stay in touch. When I went to college there was one phone in the lobby of the dorm and it wasn't likely somebody would answer it and then come up 3 flights of stairs to get you!
Oops lunch is way over, time to get the boys back to lessons.
God bless,
Theresa