Preparation
by GrowingFlowers
From Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and her Daugther Anne Kidd Taylor:
“How to love her without interfering. How to step back and let her have her private world and yet still be an intimate part of it. When she talks about her feelings, I have to consciously tell myself she wants me to receive them not to fix them!”
God! I love that face, love that girl and cannot even begin to bear the thought of her going off to college. Sigh.
Oh, what a delicate balance. My mother has truly struggled with this and I’m sure I can only expect the same.
Yes, my kids arent there yet, but each step in growth moves me in that direction… The respect and wanting to cling all at once!!!! Oh, big hugs to you!!!!