Change -- Blech!

Change is happening today in my household. Two of my offspring are winging their way back east to spend the summer with my parents. It will be a good experience for them but I am going to miss those punks, (especially when Elodie needs a diaper change).

It is a sick parent who wants to keep their children around forever. Kids are meant to grow up and leave home. There are times though, when I wish I could free-frame the moment and keep things just the way they are. This temporary leave-taking is a foretaste of a more permanentleave-taking, and while I know that I will adjust in time, the transition stage is never pleasant.

Sigh.