Thank Goodness for Freeday...
...I'll be needing it Sunday! Finally after 18 years my baby has grown up and he'll soon be packing for college. It seems just yesterday I was bringing him home from the hospital, bundled up in my arms...and me without a clue as to parenting.
These past years have been a real learning experience. Thanks to my son I have learned so many things.
Things like when to step in and teach, when to protect, when to nurture and when to step back and let him grow.
Fred graduates from high school on Sunday. Following all of the pomp and circumstance...we will have a houseful of friends and family in to help us mark this major passage in our lives.
The menu is planned. Of course I have ordered way to much of everything. We'll have enough to food to feed an army. Honey baked ham, homemade rolls, potato salad...and a cake that feeds 60 people. Thank goodness for free day! I plan to eat a little bit of everything and even drink a glass of wine or two... to toast my son's accomplishments.
Plan " B" is in place. I'll bring all of the left overs in to work on Monday and feed my co-workers.
Monday is also the day I begin a new phase in my life. While I have been learning how to let go of my son...during his high school career, come Monday he'll be a "certified" adult with diploma in hand. My husband, and I will soon have an empty nest. We will have to make adjustments...but we are both excited about what the future will bring for my son and ourselves.
Body for Life has made our lives richer...and in a sense it has prepared us for what the future will bring. It has shown both of us how to grow stronger in many ways. Today we set goals that we actually reach. And each day we celebrate the idea of reaching higher.
Sunday my son picks up his diploma for a job well done. After accomplishing a successful BFL Challenge or two I know just how he will feel. He's hit his tens, he's finished a successful challenge and is ready to face and new one.
Next stop? College in the fall. And a new chapter in this grand life for all!
So my question is today...if you've successfully mastered the "empty nest" what is the most important lesson you learned?
These past years have been a real learning experience. Thanks to my son I have learned so many things.
Things like when to step in and teach, when to protect, when to nurture and when to step back and let him grow.
Fred graduates from high school on Sunday. Following all of the pomp and circumstance...we will have a houseful of friends and family in to help us mark this major passage in our lives.
The menu is planned. Of course I have ordered way to much of everything. We'll have enough to food to feed an army. Honey baked ham, homemade rolls, potato salad...and a cake that feeds 60 people. Thank goodness for free day! I plan to eat a little bit of everything and even drink a glass of wine or two... to toast my son's accomplishments.
Plan " B" is in place. I'll bring all of the left overs in to work on Monday and feed my co-workers.
Monday is also the day I begin a new phase in my life. While I have been learning how to let go of my son...during his high school career, come Monday he'll be a "certified" adult with diploma in hand. My husband, and I will soon have an empty nest. We will have to make adjustments...but we are both excited about what the future will bring for my son and ourselves.
Body for Life has made our lives richer...and in a sense it has prepared us for what the future will bring. It has shown both of us how to grow stronger in many ways. Today we set goals that we actually reach. And each day we celebrate the idea of reaching higher.
Sunday my son picks up his diploma for a job well done. After accomplishing a successful BFL Challenge or two I know just how he will feel. He's hit his tens, he's finished a successful challenge and is ready to face and new one.
Next stop? College in the fall. And a new chapter in this grand life for all!
So my question is today...if you've successfully mastered the "empty nest" what is the most important lesson you learned?
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