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little tears tonight....easy child college
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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 605256" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Oh hun, Im sorry you have such mixed emotions. I am pretty sure your easy child is probably having butterflies too. Im also betting she will do just fine.</p><p></p><p>I also understand the tears even though none of mine left to go to a university. When we had to take my middle son off to the place for him to leave for boot camp we were all a mess. It didnt help it was raining but that did give him an excuse for his wet face...lol. We knew we wouldnt see him for at least 16 weeks which turned out to be 17. We didnt get any phone calls until the last week he was there. I could only send letters and a few specific goodies - gatorade, power bars, cough drops and beef jerky. You can believe I sent a ton of those things...lol. But yeah, we had to drive him an hour and a half away to the place and all the way home without him everyone in our car was just sniffling and wiping our faces. </p><p></p><p>We eventually got over it but those first weeks were killers. The really funny part was when he came home for the two weeks between boot camp and his next phase, he sat there and told us he sure didnt know why he was in such a rush to grow up. Childhood was a whole lot better because he knew that now he was a man and there was no coming home again. Oh sure he visits but the world would have to fall off its axis for him to have to move back here. </p><p></p><p>Now its 10 and a half years later and he is all grown up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 605256, member: 1514"] Oh hun, Im sorry you have such mixed emotions. I am pretty sure your easy child is probably having butterflies too. Im also betting she will do just fine. I also understand the tears even though none of mine left to go to a university. When we had to take my middle son off to the place for him to leave for boot camp we were all a mess. It didnt help it was raining but that did give him an excuse for his wet face...lol. We knew we wouldnt see him for at least 16 weeks which turned out to be 17. We didnt get any phone calls until the last week he was there. I could only send letters and a few specific goodies - gatorade, power bars, cough drops and beef jerky. You can believe I sent a ton of those things...lol. But yeah, we had to drive him an hour and a half away to the place and all the way home without him everyone in our car was just sniffling and wiping our faces. We eventually got over it but those first weeks were killers. The really funny part was when he came home for the two weeks between boot camp and his next phase, he sat there and told us he sure didnt know why he was in such a rush to grow up. Childhood was a whole lot better because he knew that now he was a man and there was no coming home again. Oh sure he visits but the world would have to fall off its axis for him to have to move back here. Now its 10 and a half years later and he is all grown up. [/QUOTE]
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