It seems like only a few weeks ago that we were dropping Molly off in Bronxville. Actually, that happened last August.
Somehow, we survived that bittersweet separation. Now here it is late March, and Molly is home for spring break.
As challenging as this year has been, we are deeply thankful for all the opportunities that we've had to spend time with Molly. She has been able to be home from time to time, and we've been able to visit New York a couple of times too. In my mind, I imagined being apart for months at a time - but that hasn't happened at all.
I had a hard time concentrating on anything at all yesterday. I couldn't figure out why - until it dawned on me that I was waiting for Molly to get home. And when she walked in the door, everything felt different.
Since we are able to talk and text almost everyday, these visits home aren't quite like the visits I had when I was in college. Back in those days, I wasn't able to talk to my parents very often while I was away at school. As a result, when I came home it was time to share information and updates. Because we feel pretty involved in Molly's life, she doesn't need to do that quite so much when she comes home.
So if we're not sharing information, what exactly are we doing?
Well, probably more than anything, we are laughing. We have plenty of things to talk about, but there always seems to be plenty of laughter as we do that.
What did you do over spring break?
I'm sure that there are lots of ways to answer that question. But it seems to me that it's pretty special to say that, mostly, we laughed a lot.
I'm not sure exactly what that says about our relationship with our daughter, but it sure feels good to have her home.
And when she's here, for some reason, it's a lot easier to laugh.
So if we're not sharing information, what exactly are we doing?
Well, probably more than anything, we are laughing. We have plenty of things to talk about, but there always seems to be plenty of laughter as we do that.
What did you do over spring break?
I'm sure that there are lots of ways to answer that question. But it seems to me that it's pretty special to say that, mostly, we laughed a lot.
I'm not sure exactly what that says about our relationship with our daughter, but it sure feels good to have her home.
And when she's here, for some reason, it's a lot easier to laugh.