Elle and Tommy headed off for Europe yesterday. They have been psyched for months, and rightly so — looking forward to two weeks in London, Paris and Rome; they are going through the Chunnel, taking trains and flying.
I took them out for coffee, to buy journals and get them some street maps yesterday before they left. They took a picture of themselves for the wallpaper on my phone for while they are gone.
Once I dropped them off I had a lot of sadness to ‘embrace’. I wasn’t going to se them for over two weeks.
Then I realize this happens with all five kids when I’m not going to see them for a while.
Your kids never stop being your kids.