Like All Things With Parenting

"Parenting is a stage of life's journey where the milestones come about every fifty feet." -Robert Brault

So I haven't been blogging much. I've been blaming it on the craziness of normal life. But truth be told, I haven't blogged much because this happened.

This is not my normal crazy. This is new crazy. I haven't mentioned this new crazy, partly because it wasn't official official until fairly recently, and mostly because it is simply impossible to put into written word the thoughts frantically bouncing about in my head. It is just another one of those mothering curve-balls that I wasn't exactly prepared for, even though I saw it coming. It's like all things with parenting. You see this thing coming, and you think you can handle it, and then it quickly becomes clear that you weren't prepared for this new change. You certainly weren't prepared for the gamut of emotions that would come flooding in and how ridiculously long it would take to sort those emotions out. 

It would appear that I've worked myself out of a job with this my oldest child. The problem is, I don't quite remember turning in my resignation papers. I will try to sort out this gamut of emotions in future posts and try to maintain some level of coherence, even though the voice in my head hasn't been coherent for nearly a year now. It's like all things with parenting. You can feel absolute happiness and utter panic and ache all in the same moment. Like all things with parenting, you find yourself clinging to and letting go of your child simultaneously. This new turn of events is a challenging and joyous experience...like all things with parenting:)