Well OK it's not actually summer yet but I do have a yucky cold. My daughter had it first, even though she didn't seem like she felt this bad though - :P. She said this morning though that she DID feel this bad. :(
So much is happening right now - spring is bringing new birth. I always think of May and late spring in terms of birth because both of my children were born in May and I was born at the end of June.
My son is graduating from high school in just a couple of weeks. He is being born again to the world in a new way - as an adult. With this new birth comes a new kind of letting go for me as a parent. I know it will be similar to child birth, painful and exciting, scary and exhilarating, tearful and joyful.
My son is an amazing person and an inspiration to me to keep working at what I want. He works hard and keeps pushing himself toward his dreams and goals. There were sticky points during his boyhood but we worked through them together as a family.
Part of my heart will go with him to college in the fall. I feel so blessed to be part of his life. I have always felt that my children were a gift from God and that it was my responsibility to help them grow into decent human beings. Especially since at the time of their births I did not have a career or even an idea of what I was good at. They became my career. Now I am on to my second career even though it has been hard to figure out -- lots of stumbling of my own, teaching is the only choice for me. I have proven this to myself and art will give me a way to teach others how to improve the world around us.
