Four More Days

Posted on | September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

I have to tell you guys that I really appreciate your comments. Such good tips, shared experiences and encouragement! Although yall really do give me too much credit. You see, Emma hit the nail on the head when she said this is indicative of a midlife crisis, even though she was just kidding.

The thing is, I sit here and think of myself as a person who cares about what goes on in the world, a Christian, even, and all I have been doing is reading provocative articles about the state of the world and sitting on my butt. In other words, I have not felt “in purpose”. So it’s time to walk to talk, or at least do more than read about the problems our society has. That’s all.

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The thing that’s really kicking my butt right now is Sky leaving. I’ve managed to ignore this fact by becoming immersed in school starting and all, but last night it hit me that I only have FOUR more days of him living here–in this house, in this town, in this state. I realized this after a rousing hour long discussion about whether society would be better or worse off without the level of technology we currently have.

I enjoy talking to him so much. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that of all the people I know, he is the one who is most on my wavelength spiritually and intellectually. I am thankful that we had the opportunity to get to this point, since we had a rough couple of years.

I tell myself that it is time to focus on Sage. He will miss his big brother, who is the person he looks up to most in the world. There has never been sibling rivalry between them. It has always been good. But big brothers move out. It’s just the way it is.

Those of you who deal with your big children moving away…how do you deal with the pain?

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One Response to “Four More Days”

Margaret
September 6th, 2008 @ 10:29 pm

I’ve never really dealt with it YET because Ashley is in Seattle and we’re only an hour away. We talk a lot on the phone, e-mail and every couple of weeks, she comes down for the day or I go up. It’ll be different for you though–maybe Skype(?) could help. People talk about it as a face to face chat over the internet. I don’t have a clue how it works, but it could be cool. I’m hoping that it will work when Ashley goes to Africa (I’m dreading that) but doubt that she’ll have access to much technology.

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