...is moving to California on Tuesday. I feel sick. I know he is grown and getting on with his life but I do think that a lot of us parents feel kind of left behind in this process. I miss the days of getting him up for school, fixing boo boo's, Saturday morning cartoons, tantrums at Toys R Us...footie pajamas, all of the magical and wonderment of every holiday..combing his hair for school, hugs because he thought I was the best thing ever...ugh. Letting go is the hardest thing ever. I have a broken heart. I know it will get better though. Two quotes come to mind.. "Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him" "We need to let ourselves “off the hook” by giving ourselves credit for being good parents. I raised a great kid. He is 21 and learning about who he is and what he wants out of life and well he has to go out into the world and learn firsthand what life is really about. I think as parents we always feel like we've not always done enough, listened enough, yelled too much and judged too often. I am trying very hard right now to not beat myself up. Whoever said this was the hardest job in the world was so not kidding!

mark is a good sport alex and i torment him constantly in target, in the boys section, they have footie pajamas mark being very tall, but very skinny at the same time, tried them on its good that you can laugh at yourself mark, because we almost peed our pants laughing at you