September 7, 2020
Friday I took Tabitha to college. Everything I wrote two weeks ago, could really just be re-written! How do our little ones grow up so fast! How is it possible that my fiercely strong and independent girl can be left in Duluth...indefinitely?!? Looking at this very impressive building, I wonder...is she going to get swallowed up?
Even though the heart does what the heart wants...it does feel different leaving a child at college for the first time verses the 2nd, 3rd or 4th.
And all my feeling were melted away when I received a text from her bright and early Saturday morning. Tabby shared that she had stayed up with her roommate, comforting her because she was so sad to be at college. It is one of those moments when you know you must have done something right in parenting. Tabitha's plan is to go into nursing....she has always been great at caring for others but to see it from a greater distance, well...this mama's heart swelled with pride (the good kind).
She is right where she belongs! It is time to let go of the kite string and watch her soar.
I rest with peace knowing that she will remember that: "It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."
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