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Post by cakediva on Aug 29, 2014 3:03:18 GMT
This is their first year. Am I the only one who gets a bit teary thinking of it? I was just pondering all three kids this morning - DS starts Grade 8 this year. In Ontario, it is the end of grade school, so graduation at the end of the year. High school next year! Middle DD is in her final year of high school - so graduation & prom for her. By the time I got to my oldest DD starting University, I was a tad teary. And she's living at home for goodness sakes! I'm not having to pack her up and ship her off like so many of you. I'm such a sap.  |
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gsquaredmom
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Post by gsquaredmom on Aug 29, 2014 3:05:43 GMT
Nope. Happy that we are done with secondary school and moving on to something better. My college students are living at home.
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 29, 2014 4:33:27 GMT
My DS is a senior this year and I cried! I'll be a total mess next year
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Post by luvnlifelady on Aug 29, 2014 6:06:26 GMT
I shouldn't have read your thread before going late night grocery shopping. They were playing "Through My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride. I nearly teared up thinking of my SIL dropping my niece off at college today. My DD is a senior and we had a very hard year last year. However, so far this year, she is a different kid and I get teary thinking of all her "lasts" things for high school coming up. She'll be going to the local JC for two years and staying home but after that, she'll transfer somewhere .Therefore, our time together isn't that much longer overall.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 29, 2014 12:22:05 GMT
My middle DD is contemplating a program that isn't offered locally. So she will have to move away for school. But we have one year of high school, and one year of "taking time off to work and earn money for school" before that happens. Yay!
Oh me too! So proud of her and all she's accomplished, and so excited to see her move on to higher learning. But it probably didn't help me that I had also been thinking of how proud my Dad would have been of his grandbabies. And now I can't type any further because I'm teary again...lol
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Post by grinningcat on Aug 29, 2014 12:28:56 GMT
I lived at home while I went to school. My parents never really commented about me being in school or staying at home. In Alberta, it's more common for kids to stay at home for post secondary than it is here in Ontario. I don't recall my parents ever getting teary about me being at any stage of school, no crying on first days/grad any of that. To be honest, I'm glad they weren't emotional (around me, at least), it would have been very awkward. My sister on the other hand with her kids was more demonstrative. Again, awkward. But I'm weird like that.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 29, 2014 12:34:11 GMT
I lived at home while I went to school. My parents never really commented about me being in school or staying at home. In Alberta, it's more common for kids to stay at home for post secondary than it is here in Ontario. I don't recall my parents ever getting teary about me being at any stage of school, no crying on first days/grad any of that. To be honest, I'm glad they weren't emotional (around me, at least), it would have been very awkward. My sister on the other hand with her kids was more demonstrative. Again, awkward. But I'm weird like that. Ha! If she saw me getting teary she'd totally make fun of me. Thank goodness I was alone in the car. But they know I can be a weepy mess at times. DH's sister just drove her oldest to Ottawa for two more years of school (she just finished 4 years at Guelph) and apparently she cried the whole way home...LOL But I'm not saying a word, because I'd have been the same way! |
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Post by momstime on Aug 29, 2014 13:40:05 GMT
My last child just started college locally. I was excited for him. My other two children are away, so I love having him home. I have resigned myself to let him do as he pleases and to not ask questions like "where are you going? when will you be home?". He needs to have that whole college experience of being responsible for himself without mommy looking over his shoulder, despite that fact that he chose the hometown University. One week in, and he is LOVING college!
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