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Awwwww! DJ....really.....All of you....I never had kids and you all made me well up.....especially you Dell....can I borrow Amber for the rest of my life?

i can recall shedding a tear as each of my children reached the magic age of 18 and moved on to pursue their own dreams.. and now, these many years later, all three of them (i forget their names) are doing well, and remember me with a xmas card every year.. i'm truly blessed..

The love you all have for your children hit home with me as well. You all are truly blessed.

It is hard to let go, but it is for the best! You have done a great job with him, according to his accomplishments. You will develop a new relationship and it will be even better DJ!! Trust me! I have been there done that and now both of my grown daughters and I have a wonderful relationship, just on a different level...much better one.

DJ-Nice Picture. Good lookin' kid.

NNick, you are getting me all choked up. Please post some pictures of you and the rest.

I know how you feel, DJ. My 24-year son is leaving for abroad in a couple of days, and I still don't know how I will be when he leaves. When I learned of his assignment I felt alot of things... worry, panic, sadness that he will be so far away. It's one of the things we have to face, I guess. But then again, I know that he will be exploring and finding out more about life. It will be a very good and enriching experience for him, and that made me feel alot better.

"It's all as it all should be" to quote a good friend of mine. His answer to everything...almost..... But kids leaving the nest is understandably a double edged sword. Happy and sad at the same time. Happy to see your child mature and leave the nest, but still wanting to protect and hold on. I can remember crying everytime my kids left after a visit or the summer to go back to college. Once the tears were whiped away, it left and meant time to rekindle "stuff" with hubby and to find things to do with my "new found" time on my hands. The funniest thoughts were...geee..I no longer have to get up early in the Am to get the kids off to school ( that's a plus) and I don't have to be back at 3 to greet them. ( Hmmmmmm I can shop til I drop).
It all works out in the end. It's just another stage of "us" growing up......

But then there is the "joy" of when they finish with college and return....At this point...unfortunately we have finally adjusted to their being gone and dare to ask them ...When the hell are you going to get up off your sweet a** and get a REAL JOB and move on out to your own apartment??? HAHAHAHHAH ( Are we programed somehow to go through this? It's the same stuff that everyone else has experienced.) How does God or Nature Doooooo this to us??????????? And WHY put us through this misery??? :)LOL

PS... You are Normal and having normal reactions. If he needs money, he will call and want to hear your voice........Other wise he is having fun, making new friends and enjoying his new found freedoms (Plural). He will be just fine....You did your job. Now it's his turn. Yes, call him once in a while with a good excuse, but for heavens sake NOT every night!