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Parents, please enjoy every moment in watching your children growing up. Teach them well to be good a good person, give them encouragement and plenty of love, support their interests, accept their views. Be their guide until they find their own way.
My son received a letter yesterday from a local college letting him know he had been accepted for the fall 2009 school year. It's exciting news. Happy news.
Children grow so fast and mostly all I have learned is to hold on to the memories made, because I feel you'll one day be where I am. It's much different than his first day of kindergarden, though, I have to learn all over again how to let go.
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I didn't respond when I first read this...... not because of the typo but because your post made me cry! Pardon me, I'm hormonal right now AND sick... but my "baby", my firstborn, is 16, has his first big crush on a girl, is learning to drive, and talking about college. I had him young, and in some ways we grew up together. And yes, it seems like yesterday that he was running wildly through the house in a diaper and t-shirt... and that precious image in my mind keeps me from strangling him on bad days when he has his "testosterone tantrums". LOL.
A simple typo that anyone could have made.... sucks that some can't over look it with maturity.
Hmmm, well...since you brought it up, let me just interject that being silly and finding humor in everything keeps me young and healthy. I laugh at everything, including myself (daily, in fact!). Just because we found a joke in your headline doesn't mean we're making fun of you.
my son is now a soph in college and I spent the majority of his senior year shedding tears. It was the most difficult thing I had to do..drop him off at college. The first semester was especially difficult for me, but things have really improved. I don't cry about missing him any more! I take great joy in his phone calls..when he calls just to tell me he did good on a test!!! Also, with the recent political atmosphere, he would call just to tell me how he and his roommates were debating the president race. Take my word for it, it does get better..but you are correct, enjoy your children because they grow up so fast!
I didn't respond when I first read this...... not because of the typo but because your post made me cry! Pardon me, I'm hormonal right now AND sick... but my "baby", my firstborn, is 16, has his first big crush on a girl, is learning to drive, and talking about college. I had him young, and in some ways we grew up together. And yes, it seems like yesterday that he was running wildly through the house in a diaper and t-shirt... and that precious image in my mind keeps me from strangling him on bad days when he has his "testosterone tantrums". LOL.
Where does the time go??
Hope you are feeling well soon.
When children get to be this age, it's never quite how I first pictured it all, but years of good memories are there. I can't imagine if he had chosen an out-of-state college. Being a local college, he'll still live at home to help save money instead of being on his own, or in a dorm.
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sucks that some can't over look it with maturity.
