…the graduation ceremony was very nice and it really was cool to see my niece get her diploma. It seems too soon, but it’s just around the corner for Sticks, who is on the verge of being done with a crazy year!
I am avoiding dealing with what I know is true: That it is only a matter of a year and a couple of months before we face letting go. It will be difficult. I’m already trying to work on it now, but the ADHD makes things more intense.
When The Eldest left for basic training, the Army came and picked him up and pried him away from me. I grieved his leaving for months and made two trips to Georgia in those first months to attend his graduation from basic and again when he finished Ranger training. But he was always independent — sometimes too independent, but it made it somehow easier to handle him going, because I had confidence that he would be okay on his own.
Sticks will be difficult on two levels: First, I’ll miss the fun of his concerts and performances. And second, I will be concerned that he is managing on his own.
There is a lot written about helicopter parents. I don’t want to be one of those, but at the same time, how do you go from having involvement in your kids’ life to NOT, without some kind of transition?
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