All the World's a Stage, and I Just Went to the Wings

Aug 16, 2011 11:16

Today my boy went off to High School.  I expected more bittersweet upwelling of motherly tears, but no, I was quite ready for this day--ready for him to start taking responsibility for his life, ready for him to stride into the world without me right at his back.  I'm still there, make no mistake, but at a much larger distance, almost in the ( Read more... )

fandamily, allons-y, mommyhood, twobitphilosophy

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millysdaughter August 16 2011, 18:54:21 UTC
I like teenagers.
They are old enough to decide what they want -- and actually do something to make it happen!

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