The world is a big place.
When I was bringing up my children I would sometimes wonder how I would survive them leaving home, but isn't that the goal of a good parent?
We want our children to have the skills to survive on their own. Honestly we want them to thrive!
My children are now scattered across the country, the closest one still nearly eleven hours by car away from me.
I miss them, but I am confident they are okay, or more than okay without me there. Each one has gone off in their own time and used the skills they have to make a good life. I feel good about that.
I might wish things were easier for them, but I know they will each continue to grow and learn and adjust to whatever comes their way.
If I never do anything else in my life that is a great accomplishment. I gave each of my children the best life I knew how to give. They were loved, fed, clothed, given music lessons and played sports. They were taught about religion and politics, health and manners. All of them could sit down at any table in the world and hold their own. They are kind, empathetic human beings who know how to work, how to play, and how to love.
Bringing up a human being is something that will ripple outward for generations to come.
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