Congratulations

My son graduated from high school last week and that for me was one of those bitter, sweet moments. The morning of his graduation, I woke up in a state of depression and could not stop crying because I knew this would be the end of an era for both of us. There is a particular parent child dynamic that ends when they graduate from high school and go off to college. They leave as children still saying, "mom can you", and return as adults completely independent of you and for me that's never been easy. I have never handled high school graduations well. I just kept seeing him as a baby in his walker trying to figure out how to make it move. I remember his first day of first grade how excited he was to go to school all day. Then I remembered his first day of Junior High School how terrified he was to walk into the building. It all seems to have gone by at warp speed. Over the years, I can remember saying to him let me enjoy you right now, today at the age you are. I don't want to think about next few years. You've got to enjoy your children day by day, because the years fly by and before you know it they're gone. No matter how many times I've done this, I am never prepared this moment in my children's lives. Yesterday, he says to me, "Mom, you know that next month, when I turn 18, they say that I am legally an adult". That's what I mean, bitter/sweet. Anyway, he's graduated from High School and has done very well, so I know that I have done my job and that if he keeps doing what he has been doing, He will be successful.