Tomorrow, my mother takes off for her new home in Colorado. Tonight, she gave me all the stuff out of her freezer and refrigerator. As I was driving home, it hit me....Holy Crap! My Mommy is leaving me!
My Mom has never left me. I have left her...I moved to my Dad's when I was 16 and after that, she moved to Texas. Since I have been an adult and out on my own, though, she has never been more than three hours away from me. Every holiday, she's only been a short drive away. Colorado...that's 14 hours. Not a short drive. I can't chill out at her house in between pet sitting gigs for the holidays. I can't call her and say, "Hey, I'm heading for the Farmers' Market, do you want to come?" She can't call me and ask, "Do you want to grab some lunch?"
Now, she's going a long way away, and I'm really going to miss her. I've always had one of my parents nearby. Now, neither one of them is going to be close. I'm beginning to see that this sucks! I'm trying to convince myself of the benefits (a really cool place in Colorado to visit), but it's not really working.
I need one of my blogger friends who have children to be my surrogate Mom...even though, you're the same age, if not younger, than me.
Because, sometimes....you just need your Mommy.
