Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Empty Room

July 30, 2012

The upstairs room that the three older boys occupied is now empty – and I do mean EMPTY. I can hardly go in there without crying. As a young parent, you never realize just how swiftly the day comes when your kids leave. My three older boys have flown away and it feels like the end of an era.

If I go in that room I can almost hear the voices I’ve heard over the last 7 years. Loud music playing at 11 or 12 at night when Matt would come home from work. The three boys arguing about all kinds of things – usually tech stuff I think. Lots of laughter while they played games together or watched favorite shows (Matt had a tv in there at one time). It was like a frat house up there and while I grumbled sometimes, I loved it.

The good news is, the room won’t stay empty long – the girls are already waiting to take it over :-). They’ll have more closet space and some cute shelves over the windows to showcase their stuffed animals. So, in August we will be moving kids around the rooms – the girls in the room that belonged to the older boys and the younger boys in the girls room. There will noise again like there was before – music playing, arguing, and laughter. And I’ll enjoy it all while I can.

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