Home for the holidays.....are things different?

ExieMITAlum
Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:31:54 +0000

Harder than Thanksgiving. We had only a week to hang out because of the band trip overseas. I was geared for 3 weeks. Still - we crammed in months of hugs and she opened up about a lot of “teen” stuff that I don’t think she would have shared if she was home. Was tough putting her on the plane - more for me than for her. But it was gratifying was watching her negotiate her flight and arrange transportation back to school on the fly, getting texts saying she’d met classmates in a connecting city and they were sitting together. College will be so much easier as a transition for her.

I tortured her with movie clips taken during performances during the 6th grade and realized, just then, how much she’d grown and matured.

We’ve done a good job with our kids CC/BS parents. Pats on the back all around!