School started back up in Austin. For the first year since 1995 I do not have a child going "back to school". I'm not going to count Gray going to ACC since his classes don't start for another week. And unless you include my getting him a toll tag, I haven't bought him anything but tuition...
Do I feel sad one tiny bit? No. I never thought that would be the case for me. I mean, for 22 years I have been all about being the homeroom mom, the basketball mom, the band mom, the scout mom, the karate mom, and the homework mom. I used to shed a tear when my kids hit milestones thinking how bittersweet it was that they grew up. But now I'm ready to be something other than The Mom. Or a different version at least. My role is becoming so different now, that it might take me a while to learn it. And probably I will still shed a tear now and again for milestones: college graduations, marriages, grandchildren...
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