I think the hardest thing as a mom is to just sit back and watch them make their mistakes.
We can walk around the issue and try to be"Cool" but it takes a special person to Hold Off and just ...hang.
I have been watching my College kids do their thing now and it has been amazing on how much I am growing! I crack myself up.
Back in the day when I went off on my own- I remember feeling like I was invincible- I could do ANYTHING I wanted! When it came time to look for a job- all I qualified for was fast food restaurants, as a maid in a hotel or baking pizzas. WOW!
I learned right away I was not going to make it anywhere unless I went off to school.
Feeling very empty Nester right now. My daughter is a Jr in college and that was very rough letting her go. Just sent off my Freshman son. Does he really know what texting is; or what the phone is used for? If so...where are MY calls and MY texts? I am the MOTHER after all... Does he not know I am dying inside waiting for him to respond to my desperate cries for help?
OK OK OK! I know you all think I am going postal mom here...but he is my BABY! He does NOT know how to handle himself in the real college world. You don't understand how "special" he is. How vulnerable he can be and how innocent he is....
ALRIGHT! Last week I just heard he has not been going to classes! What is up with that? The dorms must be so noisy that he is oversleeping...perhaps I need to get a new alarm clock? OH...he is making it to his meal times? He has no problem going to his freshman activities? Maybe his cell phone cord is lost and his battery is dead on his phone? I am sure that is it!
OK rude awakening... He has shut out the world the last two weeks!
Why??? What did I do?? Where did my sweet boy go? I am sure it is the power of other students who have been a bad influence on him. I mean, everyone knows what a sweet boy he is! Anyone will tell you!
I spoke to his student adviser yesterday and received the harsh words that my darling has been ditching classes and not attending required meetings at school! ALRIGHT.... now it is time for POSTAL MOM to engage..
Will he live to see tomorrow? Will he enlist in the Air Force? Or will you see him at your local car wash working for tips???
We shall see in my next posting!
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