There's nothing I can do about it, I have just got to accept my girls are growing up fast. One minute they are babies needing you for everything and before you know it.... Bam they are mini adults.
It all started a couple of years ago for me. I always try to take time off work when they are off school. As a self employed chiropodist this is relatively easy to organise. Anyway, one day I found myself alone at home, both girls off with their friends, thinking "why have I taken time off? I am not needed here!" This become a more and more common recurrence which resulted in me taking up crafting as a hobby so that I could be there if needed but still had plenty to do.
This "growing up" has continued at a rapid pace and now we are approaching the inevitable time when they will be leaving to go to university (I have got 4 trips to open days booked over the next few weeks from Cornwall to North Wales!).
Perhaps more nerve racking for me will occur before that. Both girls were left a small amount of money to them and have decided they wish to travel. The youngest is joining an organised expedition for a 3 week trek in the Himalayas, scary but well supervised (I hope) and will certainly be a life changing experience. The older one, Miss Independent, has opted for the following: an exchange trip to America, Seattle no less, involving a 12 hour travelling time with a flight change at Newark airport; a school trip to Japan (at least she'll be with others!); and a two week stay in a wildlife park in Namibia to help with animal conservation (cheetahs included)! I think she wants me to be in a state of permenant stress!
Well I suppose they have to go sometime, but its true they are always your babies and you never stop worrying about them. I just hope I can survive the stress of what for them will be life changing experiences.
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