Well, the day is here. The day that I have been excited for, prayed about, thought about and dreaded for 18+ years.
Jessica heads to college today. As I helped her pack, I realized that life is about moving forward. Not long ago, her toys were sorted, giggled over, and then given away. They were then replaced with junior high momentos--you know... t-shirts, awards, nick-nacks, yearbooks, and photos of friends. Then those were replaced with high school souvenirs: corsages from dances, more
t-shirts, notes from friends, pictures with boys, awards, and scrapbboks full of tickets to concerts, programs from musicals and transcripts. Notebooks full of service hours and memories of fun-filled events with wonderful friends. All of those things now go in boxes and/ or are donated to charity or to little sisters.
The van is packed with what is left of Chapter 1 of Jessica's life. She is ready to begin Chapter 2. She is spreading her wings, and her Dad and I will watch her soar. I hope that her new nest is comfy, warm, protective, and loving to her. I hope her dreams ALL come true. I hope we have prepared her well enough to fly high.
I love you, Jessica. My little bird. I will always be your Mama bird. If you ever need a soft place to land, I will be there for you. Soar, soar high. I am grateful that I am your Mother. The past 18 years of feeding, nurturing, loving, protecting ,and watching have been a pure blessing in my life. Time to fly, my girl. I know you can do it.
5 comments:
Man, you got me all teary eyed Julie! I'll be thinking of you as you take Ms. Jessica off to college. Closing one chapter and starting another. I remember my little bird flying off to college like it were yesterday........now she's a married momma of two!
Praying that she will have a wonderful transition, moving out of the nest and a most wonderful year ahead.
Blessings to you and your family,
hugz,
Sheila
Those girls never leave the nest for good...they just bring back others with them to share in the joy...and it gets better and better.
I have tears in my eyes reading this... BEAUTIFUL post!
Sending out hugs to you! It is so hard to let them go and live their own lives :) My sweet hubby always reminds me to put myself in their place and remember how much fun it was when I was there ages :)
Love you Mama!! You're the best Mama bird a chick could ask for. :) xoxoxo
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