TAL, I think women are wired differently when it comes to emotions, okay there is no thinking, they are. They love their kids, but most just don't have the nurturing side that we moms do.
remember my H could not understand why I was tearing up when we left oldest DD20 at college that first year. He acted like I was stupid. Little did I know that he was already deep in his fog. Two months later was when he moved out without basically any warning. I guess that is what happens when there is another person involved in their lives.
This year on the first day of school I was doing okay until my DD17 walked to the door to drive to school. She is a senior. She stopped and stood there a while and said, "Go ahead Mom and look, this will be my last first day." Of course she was excited about it, but not me! It is killing me that she is a senior. I honestly don't know what I will do without her next year.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are. -- Bernice Johnson Reagon
