Today I find sadness permeating me from head to toe. A grown up woman feeling the loss of something she was never meant to hold on to in the first place.
The reason for my sadness. My daughter and her family, which consist of her hubby and two of the most gosh darn cute, lively, smart and well-behaved little girls that God has ever graced the planet with...and heck no, I am not prejudiced. I know good kids when I see 'em; are leaving the state to make their new home in the GREAT STATE OF TEXAS with a T!
Anyway, this day has been looming and it will arrive this week. So instead of enjoying the present moment as I have always believed is most important I am dreading the soon to be present moment when they will make their way to Texas and leave me behind blowing kisses in the wind and waving my hand till I become like "Grannie," on the old Beverly Hills sitcom.
I know our children are here to become their own people and to make their own way in their own lives, and I am happy for them. Of course I will worry and pray and pray and worry that all will be well for them. That they are happy and secure and satisfied and fulfilled, but it does not preclude this heart of mine from missing them tremendously.
Maybe we should have raised our children to be mean and spiteful and then this wouldn't hurt so much, but truly both our son and daughter are hard working, loving, caring and giving humans and model citizens of the world.
So, this week, when you are doing whatever it is that you happen to be doing, stop for one moment and send a prayer my way because I'll be needing some strength and some solace and knowing you are out there sending me some good vibes will ease my troubles, that's what they'll do. (just like the songs says.. :)
Keeping the faith! --PJ
THEIR TEXAS TREK, IS TRIPPING ME UP...
posted 2 months ago, updated 2 days later
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- 1. 2 months ago pinkroses67 wrote:
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Make your own Blinkie
- 2. 2 months ago claybo wrote:
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Here's another one, PJ . . . that you win the Lotto and get to see them as much as you want!
- 3. 2 months ago AristoPat42 wrote:
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And more good vibs and healing prayers are in flight to you, dear PJ. "Letting go is so hard to do".
- 4. 2 months ago GaryJames wrote:
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It has to be like the second wave of the empty nest feeling when they move so far from the nest. Now is the time to get the webcams working so you can see your family in Texas.
- 5. 2 months ago Wildcard wrote:
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You'll be in my thoughts. You've raised great kids so they'll be fine. That should give you some solace as they make their own life journeys.
- 6. 2 months ago waycool wrote:
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I'm from Texas and I lived in Houston for a short period of time. If you've never been to Houston, well you'll like it. At least I did. I grew up in the South. After you go visit, you may want to relocate next to your daughter if that is possible. Texas is a big place and there plenty of room
for you and Hubby.
- 7. 2 months ago dreamer74 wrote:
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Oh Dear I know how you feel my 22 year old daughter just moved there , to Texas 2 weeks ago and we
always shopped together and traded girly secrets and she helped me with my computer and now she is 18 hours away. She is my youngest and my only girl. I will pray for you, would you please send up a prayer for me? She has been calling every night but it is not the same. whenever I go to my fav. store I
remember her and she saids I might not see her till Christmas. :-( HUGS and more HUGS
- 8. about 1 month ago ozarkreader wrote:
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PJ, I've got kids scattered from NJ to UT and only 1 is close enough to call on in emergency -- but you know, eventually that is ok; I may not see them as often, but when they do come, it is a wondrous, special gift. And church family can be called if I fall or something. Maybe as our biological family spreads and thins, our definition of what is family changes.
