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Taking Flight....

Taking Flight…………..

My son will be 18 at the end of August…God Bless him..

He is about to "Take Flight" in Life….

How did you deal with that feeling…when your children took flight….

Just asking…..Just Chatting….

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posted by Deskjeting

I can't really tell you because I have no children. If I have a child, I would feel fearful for him/her. To many, life has been constant hardships. Even if the person does everything correctly, the society, economy and other things can messed up the person's life.

posted by Efolk
3 months ago

My youngest turned 18 last December and graduated from high school in early June. She is looking forward to college come fall.

For all of us it is exciting. She is talented, artistic, in good health and has a good head on her shoulders. She has good friends. She is looking to the future with confidence. She has a job for the summer and money in the bank.

She is starting her life in better shape than I did at her age.

The empty nest issues will be there.

Change is inevitable. Attitude may be the best way to approach the future.

posted by johnH56
3 months ago

As a Mother, when my children took flight it felt awful. I wanted them to say near me forever. They are 29 and 27, and I still make them call me when they go out of town to make sure they get where they are going and when they come home to make sure they make it home alright. They think I am a worry wart and I am. My son moved to Cali a couple of years ago and its awful, I keep telling him to come home and he tells me, he is home. YUK!!!!

DJ ~ I love your new profile picture.

posted by italianmomma
3 months ago

Italianmomma,

Your son moved to Cali may be because that is the only way he can feel independent. I have heard there are twenty some years old children who are still living with their parents. The parents want them to move, but they don't want to and are draining off parents' resources. You are lucky to have children who want to be independent.

posted by Efolk
3 months ago