The years fly by, and suddenly it’s time to take your baby to college.  And just as no one can prepare you for the emotional overwhelm and sense of responsibility you feel when your child is born, no one can prepare you for the emotional over whelm and sense of letting go and loss of control you feel in the few weeks leading up to college move in day and the day you say goodbye.  I dropped my oldest son off at college just a few days ago, and I’m here to tell you my heart and my mind were stretched in ways I didn’t even imagine were possible.  It’s obvious to me now that I went through several phases as I was being stretched over those days, coming to grips with my baby growing up and leaving the nest. Allow me to elaborate.

“A mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success.”