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| On vacation -- without phones. |
See the milestone? YEP! Our whole family has scattered in every different direction. Without. My. Help.
Some day, sooner rather than later, my kids will have lives of their own. They'll have their own address. Shop for their own groceries. Go to work. Wash their clothes. All without me.
But not yet.
While I was out tonight, my son got home from rehearsal. (I always call it band practice and he always corrects me.) My car was parked in the driveway.
RING. My son's "piano riff" ringtone interrupts my evening.
"Mom? Where are you?" he sounds puzzled.
"I'm in the car with Vickie."
"Oh." Very quiet. "I saw your car when I came home and I couldn't find you anywhere in the house."
Laughing, I replied, "That's cuz I'm not there."
Vickie and I laughed. He would probably call me from the bonus room if he needed me.
You know... that's comforting. When he moves out, does his own shopping, has a job, and washes his own clothes, he'll only ever be a phone call away. Connected. The modern family.
2 comments:
I remember when my middle son, Dan, was in high school and we IM'd between two computers in the SAME house. I would laugh at his funny comments. It seemed weird, but we were "talking!"
And yes, it's very strange and wonderful too when one day you discover you have worked yourself right out of a job. My sadness was tempered by a huge relief because I was TIRED after 25 years of mothering!
You are so encouraging - thank you. I look at how quickly my two little ones are growing and feel amazed, in love, but also a little sad. I enjoy the changes, but miss some of the past. It's nice to see a glimpse of the future through you. And, I'm blessed to have a husband that I adore and I know that once my little ones take flight he and I will fully enjoy our life together - with a growing family, but at the heart of it we will have God and each other and that will be enough! And, with technology our growing family will never be more than a phone call away :-)
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