Tuesday, July 31, 2012

he's off to C O L L E G E

It's a sad, sad day at our house.

No one feels quite right.
We took Justin to Frankfurt this morning and sent him off to college.

We all cried.
I haven't been able to stop crying.
I sure hope it gets easier.

Before Caden started to cry he said, "Just because I'm not crying doesn't mean I'm not sad because I am." Not long after, the tears started to fall.

It was especially difficult as he went around and hugged each of us.

He whispered in each of his brothers ears. They just held on.

As I felt his big arms around me, he melted in my arms. I didn't want to let go.

It was really, really tough.

He's almost to Washington DC. He'll have a slight layover, then head to Kansas City- his final destination.

I've been tracking him all day.

We know he's responsible.
We know he's ready.
We know he'll have fun.
We know he'll make us proud.

Knowing all of the above didn't make it any easier to say good-bye. It didn't make it any easier on his brothers either.

I just feel like I wasn't ready to let him go yet.

I want more time.

He's such a huge part of our family as are each of our boys.

I already know I'm not going to be ready to let Ty go next year.

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