LETTING GO

Letting go of your children is one of the hardest things you will ever have to do especially if they are ALL you have EVER had your entire life.

I’ve dedicated my entire life taking care of my children on my own. Making sure they had a roof over their heads a room to call their own, food on the table, warmth at night and love they could count on.

I’ve provided all that I could and ensured that I taught my kids right from wrong. I’ve guided them and counseled them from the good and bad. I raised them to be young adults with manners and respect. I’m a proud mother not a perfect mother but a PROUD mother who suffers in silent the departure of her “babies”.

I know there comes a time where the birdies have to fly out of the nest but nothing in the world prepares you for the pain your heart feels on this day. You are proud and supportive because this is another chapter in their life.

We raise, we teach, we speak of independence to our children so that one day it will come to fruition, but when it finally comes how prepared are you to have your children move on?

I know its part of growing up and the whole process of their continuous adult hood but as a mother you feel like everything inside of you is being ripped out. There’s no better feeling than knowing your children are safe in bed a few feet away from you.

How do you begin to rest your head at night when they are no longer a few feet away from you? How do you ensure that they are okay? Will this pain ever stop?

No one said letting go would be easy but I also never imagine it would be this excruciating.

Don’t misunderstand I’m happy & ecstatic, proud of my children but it doesn’t take away the emotions I have in my heart at this time.

Letting go will never be easy but it’s something we must go through. I only hope I can survive it.

I love both my kids to infinity and beyond and wouldn’t know what to do without them.

Letting go is hard to do: New chapter, new beginnings.

Smooches ♥♥