Bye-Bye Baby

I have yet to experience this with my last one, and my oldest is off doing his thing. I could only imagine in 9 years I will be feeling this way…

Peg-o-Leg's Ramblings

Yesterday, I abandoned my baby. I took my daughter far from home and dumped her in a strange land where she didn’t know a soul.

OK, before anyone calls the police I should clarify that Gwen is 18. And the fact that the foreign land was a college campus might serve to justify my actions to some. But not to me. I am a Bad Mom! How could I abandon my child? After all, she was a bright-eyed toddler just a few days ago. Or at least that’s how it seems.

I should be used to this by now. Our oldest, Liz, is a senior in college. We’ve been to this rodeo before. But it’s somehow different when it’s the youngest.

Everyone we tell about this milestone asks the exact same question: “What are you and Bill going to do now that you’re empty nesters?”

I don’t really know.

We’re…

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