When Your Children Aren't Babies Anymore....

name: Mummy SAL

date entered: 01/02/2007

country: Australia

story:

My motherhood experience has undergone yet another evolution this week when my son entered his final year of high school. The realisation that this is the last year that I will send him off looking smart in his school uniform and the last year that my children will share the experience of attending the same school everyday has left me feeling quite overwhelmed. My head understands that this is just another positive step in his life and I certainly celebrate it, however my heart feels sad for the changes at the same time. I know for a fact that I have cried more tears this week at home in an empty house than I did when the children started school, maybe because it feels like the end of an era rather than the beginning just yet. As the year gets underway I am sure I will have it all into perspective, but at the moment I feel like indulging myself for a little while before I blink and it's Valedictory Day!!!

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