Mutatio, I am going to do the same. I try to connect with each of my children each day in a personal way, to make sure they each had what I cheese-ily call a "mom-ent with mom". My children notice my sadness. I need to find more ways to bring joy to their days. Music helps so much! So does the movie Elf, which I watch almost every day. My kids are sick of it though and keep turning it off to watch Star Wars. My house is filled with children, with music, with cookies, with laughter. And yes, too often, my tears of heartbreak. I will do better. Thank you for your friendship.
I hope you are enjoying your daughter as well. Her trip sounds amazing.
Keep your eyes open for those hot air balloons for me! I used to chase them down with my kids and watch them land, if you are there when they land you get to help fold up the balloon and its lots of fun for kids. That was a "magical" part of our experience in NJ, one of the things I am sure the kids will remember forever. Time to create some more magical moments, they are growing up so quickly.
