It's great to hear you sounding so happy. That is a really good thought that you had about love coming at different times in your life. It amazes me how many people really believe that love just hits you and then you are in love forever. No work on anybody's part. And if it doesn't work out, well, then it wasn't "meant to be". It sounds so deluded when I hear it, but people say it all the time, and believe it. So sad.
I remember the day I put my youngest on the bus for kindergarten. What a sunshiney day that was. We went to orientation for college today. He didn't like that I was there, but oh well. He will tell me on Wednesday whether he will sign up for college here and live at home, or in NJ and spend lots of my money. Whatever. I am proud of that boy and how he has grown up.