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He left this morning
May 14, 2011
As he left and I waved to him from the porch, I thought how similar this was to when I dropped him off to Kindergarten that first day. How it was the first of many moments of growing up and leaving the nest little by little. I probably even wondered back then about when he left the house to go out on his own, but, ah, that seemed so far away. Now it’s here already.
So, Matt, Mike, Jeff, and Steve went down this morning to move Matt in. I gave Steve the camera with instructions to take pictures – he won’t let me down! It is an area in which he is quite talented. Chris will join them later today and then Jeff and Chris will spend the whole weekend with Matt in his new digs. I am really excited for all of them – this is a really fun time in life even if sometimes it seems like you’re nowhere really. I feel like he’s about to take off on his own and fly. I am proud of him and of myself – I think I did okay.
ETA: Matt responded to yesterday’s post here. WARNING – There is a bad word in there, but I think it’s worth the read anyway.
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Hi - welcome to Oh Crap! and if you come back enough times you'll soon find out why I named my blog that.
I am an unperfect mom to 8 great kids: 5 boys and 3 girls (and I had them in that order too).
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Comments
On May 16, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Val said:
It's so sad when the kids leave home. I know I will cry when we drop Hannah off at Mizzou in August. But I will also be excited for her, because I know she is looking forward to college.
Matt is a wonderful kid ("kid"!), and you have every reason to be proud of him!