Weekend Is Over - Send Off Dinner For The College Boys
School and a Mixed Bag of Emotions
"You can’t imagine your life with kids, until you have them, then you can’t imagine your life without them." ~Author Unknown It's been a week since two of our three sons flew to Manila to attend their classes. Even with the (remaining) 9 year old son at home, doing his usual stuff alternately watching tv, tinkering with his Legos, cutting/ folding/ creating things with paper and playing with the iPad, and making a ruckus all by his lonesome, the house is, weirdly, quiet. I often find myself introspecting... about the nest almost empty now and other similar thoughts. And I struggle to stop myself from wallowing in a mixed bag of emotions. It's not a bad thing, except, I could waste hours doing that. I thought I was totally in control and could dismiss the situation as another milestone, like seeing your child lose his first baby tooth. Nothing a warm hug or an ice cream could not fix. On the contrary, that hug at this time just exacerbates the yearning. It
your two older sons look like twins.;)
ReplyDeleteHappy family! You have handsome sons and the one in black looks so you.
ReplyDeletei agree with Kristine, you have handsome sons! too bad my older than them. whahahaha kidding! XD
ReplyDeleteI love this photo collage! You have a good-looking family sis. I wonder how it feels to have kids away for college. LOL
ReplyDeleteyou have 2 son this big??? you look so young. :-)
ReplyDeleterose: in some pics, yes they do look very similar :)
ReplyDeletekristiine and aby: hihi. hank you! :)
meikah: thank you! having kids in college makes our lives a little bit more interesting. there is a wide range of emotions, the most noticeable of all is the feeling of anticipation. i eagerly await the next time we are complete again.
tondo girl: aww... so kind of you! thank you!