Child getting cold feet

PinotNoir
Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:48:11 +0000

My son is going through the same thing. He has spent the last 3 years telling us how much he was looking forward to go to college, and getting out of our home state! Now, he’s starting to grieve high school ending, and getting sad about not being here for all of our little family traditions. He keeps saying, “wow, I won’t be here on my birthday next year,” or, “this is the last year I’ll be here to make the pumpkin bread for Thanksgiving.”

I think this is all normal. He got his first big envelope from a college today, and I could see the word “congratulations” on the paper inside (if I held it up to the light just right…). I started to cry! I guess this is going to be emotional for all of us - both good and bad emotions.