Monday, January 9, 2012

Off and running!

Today was Ryan's first day of college classes.
I tried to talk him into a "First Day of School" photo, you know the ones, but all I could get out of him was this:

He wouldn't admit it, but he was pretty nervous about this whole ordeal. So I spent most of the drive talking about my first day of college life, what to expect, how to navigate campus, and most importantly - where to find the S.U.B so he could get a hot lunch in between classes! I think I'll save the horror stories about some of my professors for another day.
I offered to walk him in to help him find his classes...and just for a split second he considered my offer. But in true Ryan fashion he ran off on his own into this new adventure.

My heart aches a little bit today, and I didn't think it would.
I am so happy to see him at this stage of his life and he's so excited about the future and all it's possibilities. He's getting ready to leave me and there's nothing I can do to stop it. I just can't help but think of him as five years old again singing, "Down By the Bay" and watching Barney on t.v.

17 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Thank goodness when I got home there was another little one to snuggle. You can rest assure I will not be letting her grown up that fast!

2 comments:

Yvonne said...

Yes, it is so hard... but a necessary part of their life. Just when they get to be really interesting young adults the durn kids want to leave home! lol. Glad you have a tiny Mary Grace to keep you in kiddos another 17 years.

Yvonne said...

Yes, it is so hard... but a necessary part of their life. Just when they get to be really interesting young adults the durn kids want to leave home! lol. Glad you have a tiny Mary Grace to keep you in kiddos another 17 years.