students heading back to school

je_ne_sais_quoi
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:00:26 +0000

My daughter had a very early flight this morning. Just when I got accustomed to having her pretty face and happy sound around, she’s gone again.

Watching my daughter give long, heartfelt hugs goodbye to her younger siblings tugged especially hard at my heartstrings. The littlest, her beloved brother, unsuccessfully fought back tears, openly expressing what we all felt.

But she is happy and growing in ways she would not if she were closer to home. College provides what even the most loving family cannot.

As has already been said, the head knows one thing while the heart feels another.

My heart goes out to those of you whose children did not return this time. How that must have ached, particularly if this was the first holiday spent apart.

I wondered if I was the only one, feeling so sad and empty this morning. I am grateful there is a place like CC to collectively mourn a little.

Like many of you, I’m counting the days until our family is whole again.