This last week I spent a lot of time driving all over our state - my son - he calls me every once in a while when I am driving. This would be Big Bit, who is really no longer Big bit, but more like Middle Bit, because Middle Bit is now the tallest, except Little bit is catching up way to fast.... so I am confused. I will call him J....
J called and was SO excited - he got a new job/internship to do while going to college, and he was just bubbly about it. Then he says - when I am working here this summer we will go to......
I didn't hear after that.... All I heard was "when I am here" and I quickly deducted that meant..... he.... isn't *sob* coming *sob* home *sob* this summer. And I said - it's snowing really bad I have to go.......
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| My... *sob* firstborn |
This cute little boy - who shares everything with his brothers ( that's him on the left)
Who has turned into this :
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| J's is the one in the front |
Which really amazes me, because,,, well..... I am still 18 in my head
( that really explains a LOT doesn't it?)
So....
I was left all alone to wallow in my sadness and my sorrow
and I might have , accidentally, well....
Started Plaid #8
it is really all Mollie's Fault - she posted a link to a 16 patch quilt.
Which I am no stranger to 16 patches - but this one looked quick and easy....
I thought - well I will try one block and see what I think....
and then in my sorrow - I realized that one block just won't make anything..
So I took my sadness out on the box of plaid.....
I have many more cut out -
but this is what is on the wall when I needed to get the photo taken.....
Sigh,....
In other news - I get his bed - and I can lay all my quilts out
ALL the TIME!!
So there is that....
Oh I can't even consider thinking about the days when my babies will leave home.
ReplyDeleteI'm dreading the day when Drama Teen decides she's not coming home for the summer when she's off at college. Thankfully she still has two years of high school before we get to college.
ReplyDeleteAt least you turned your depression into something so pretty. I love those colors.
Why is it we can't wait for them to grow up a little when they are babies and then want them to slow down a little when they get to high school?
At least your sadness was turned into something productive! I'm sure he will still come home to visit!
ReplyDeleteGood for you. Always look on the bright side!
ReplyDeleteIt is a good thing you are in your sewing room getting some quilting done now because this summer you will be on the phone a lot with your son who misses you terribly. Love those blocks!
ReplyDeleteIt will be okay . . . it really will. He'll still come home on breaks so you can save all of that extra grocery money for then. Or perhaps take yourself off on vacation. Somewhere warm and sunny!
ReplyDeleteMMMM I didn't think that plaid was going to look like anything but, wow!!! the beginning of something wonderful!!! Let's see, where are my plaids ...
ReplyDeleteI love them in the plaids!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about not knowing how they can be growing up so fast when you're staying the same age.
SOB!, sNIFFLE...my oldest came for a visit and left this a.m.
ReplyDeleteYou've done a great job. Your job was to raise a responsible young man, and you did it. We all appreciate it. Now you'll have to be content to hear from him once in a while and see him less often. That's what happens to good Moms. (You wouldn't want them hanging around - not working - living off of the family until they are 40.) It's just the right thing to happen... we just didn't think about that when we brought them home from the hospital. At least we still have our creative outlets. Yours is lovely.
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My daughter moved out. It was very difficult, not having anyone to fuss over. She was very clingy you see. I knew it would never end, she would never leave me. I never thought it would come... that day when she said she was moving out. Leaving me, her mother to live without her in my daily life. We have two doxies now and its all good.
ReplyDeleteIt's a hard time when they go off to college and then, what?, not come home for summer break? But you have a lot of things on your plate so you will make it through college and ... well, think past the college and getting the first job and finding a wonderful woman and finally, think of grand babies! Oh my goodness you've got a lot of fun things coming in the future!
ReplyDeleteAww, that is the sweetest baby picture ever!! I really don't know how they grow up so fast. I still look at my daughter, now 24 (how the H E double toothpicks did THAT happen??) and wonder what the heck, I just brought her home from the hospital like last year!
ReplyDeleteI'm digging all your plaid, this one is no exception! Can't wait to see how this one turns out :)
Depression? (Sigh)......that plaid in the St. Louis 16 patch is going to be awesome.....look at you blog and post, and work and quilt! Lord have mercy! When are you coming to St. Louis?????
ReplyDeleteI hear you, but take heart - We've been there and we survived! Its all part of God's plan - you've raised a wonderful young man and its exciting to see him move out into the world and make a difference. Now, I did not say it would be easy - after all, I turned to quilting when mine left so stitch away!
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