And A New Chapter In Life Begins....

I have been trying to write something down on this subject for over a month now, right after I heard the news that my baby may be moving, not only out of the house for the very first time (as if that wasn't a hard enough pill for this momma to swallow) but over an hour away....  I cried a lot of tears when I was alone, but they were tears for me; my fears of being alone, the "what ifs" and knowing that I will miss her terribly, my heart was breaking every single day leading up to the Big Move (which was a week ago)....momma's selfish tears.

I have loved every single second of having my girl home! Home (wherever home was) where we taught her right from wrong, how to respect herself and others, instilled values and morals, taught her manners and how to have faith and be thankful.  Home, where we could snuggle up and watch our favorite shows, cook, eat, play, sing, dance, laugh and cry together.  And home, where we have shown her that love is true and unfailing.  If nothing else, I know without a doubt that she knows LOVE and will take that with her wherever life's journey takes her.

Love is not something that we could teach.  Love is that beautiful feeling/emotion that we have tried to fill our home with.  It hasn't always been easy, like everyone in this big beautiful Earth of ours, we have had ups and downs, arguments, hurt feelings.....through our love we have over come all of the obstacles thrown in our paths and have grown. She grew up seeing that even when mommy and daddy are angry, we ALWAYS love her and each other.  It's true, the one thing I know for sure, my girl knows that she is LOVED.

I was young when I became pregnant. Hubby and I were pretty clueless.  If I'm being honest, I was completely terrified!  I had never lived away from my home, and here I was moving to another COUNTRY with my husband and baby.  I knew how I DIDN'T want to be so I made up my mind that I was going to be the very best mom that I could be to that sweet little girl.  My #1 priority was my child and thank God above for her daddy who has stuck by me, supported me, worked with me and loved me through it all.  We took on this parenthood thing together, made mistakes, after all, we were young, we had a lot of "growing up" to do ourselves. 

Eventually we learned what worked for us and what didn't;  worked together to be the very best parents to this sweet little girl that we were blessed with.  I don't know how we did it, really, but we managed to raise a beautiful (inside and out), polite, strong, smart, loving girl who has blossomed into an amazing young woman who possess all of the above qualities and so many more. I am, we are, so very proud of her and love her more than mere words can say.

Now that she is out on her own in the great big world, she will learn and grow.  She will love and also come to know loss.  She will hurt.  She will have fun and find out who she wants to be.  She will work hard, she will make mistakes.  She will laugh and cry.  She will enjoy the next chapter in her life, knowing that no matter what happens, she is LOVED.

Already she is enjoying her new home, friends, job.....  Our little girl is all grown up and I know that she will be ok. She's got this!

But do I??????