Every morning I drive my oldest to school. Every morning we chat the whole way about this and that. And EVERY morning she kisses me and says, “I love you, Mom,” gets out of the car, runs up to the door, and turns around to wave goodbye.
She is going to Middle School in the fall and I know she has been thinking about it and talking to her friends about it too. I have been thinking about it too. I can’t believe my baby is growing up so fast… is my usual thought. But I really enjoy our chats, and I try to live in the moment so to speak. Middle School seems so big to me. She seems so little to me…
But she isn’t.
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Yesterday, I drove her to school as usual. We chatted the whole way as usual. She kissed me and said I love you as usual. But this time she saw a friend at the door and ran right to her and right into the school. No turn. No wave goodbye.
And just like that she was big.
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It hit me like a ton of bricks and I cried all the way home. Did I just lose her to the teenage years made up of friends I don’t even know? I hope not. Maybe tomorrow she’ll go back to the wave. I am not ready to wave goodbye to my baby girl….at least not yet.
And besides all that we need more time to save for college!