One of the hardest moments of my co-parenting/step-parenting life is coming up this Friday. As hard as it was to let Brady go grow up and move on with his life as a collegiate adult, I'm now looking at an empty nest at the age of 38.
Letting Kyle go grow up and move on with his life as a collegiate adult is really, really hard because it marks The End of the one-week-on-one-week-off regularly scheduled family time. No longer will we hold Mondays and Wednesdays sacrosanct in the name of family dinners. The only remaining vestige of that time will be the occasional glimpse of Quintin (my boys' brother through their mum).
Everyone tells me that this should be easier because Kyle is going to SUNY Potsdam, but I disagree. When Brady went to SUNY Potsdam, we didn't constantly hear from him. We heard from him about the same amount that you'd hear from a child going to school across the state. This is normal, expected, and healthy. Brady is also an Extrovert. Kyle, on the other hand, is an Introvert. I worry that we won't hear from him much at all in comparison to Brady. I worry about the transition to college for him, since it was so difficult for me (his fellow Introvert and Stepmother). I simply worry.
Romeyn and I have planned a trip to see my mom this weekend. The trip serves two purposes: 1. Since we'll be moving Kyle into college on Friday, it'll be nice to be out of town and not in our Empty Nest for the first night; and 2. We'll spend some time playing Scrabble with Mom (and perhaps Jess and Bryce if they're free and wish to do so!).
There will also be ample time to play at Art and other forms of parallel play (very Introvert friendly stuff, that).
Be well, fellow Introverts.
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