Happiness is..... Growing up.

Well, I suppose what I mean is if you are the kid that is what happiness is.  Not that I mind getting older (and wiser I might add.)  I just do not do well with change and seeing your first kiddo get his first apartment is exciting yet a milestone which means, well, you're getting older!  Okay, okay.  Maybe that isn't it.  As a mom I worry.  Hummm.... anyone else in that boat?  Will he have enough money for the apartment?  Will he be safe and use good judgement?  and Holly Cow!!!  What will he eat????  I'm up at night or early morning wondering these things.  I have decided today not to worry but to embrace the happiness that comes with growing up.  My dad said to me, "I never felt sad when you girls grew up.  I looked at it as another way, a different way to parent you and enjoy you as kids."  This is true.  Alec is no longer under my roof but he is still in my heart and my son.  I will take this time to encourage and coach a young adult who will indeed still need me.

Here are a few (really bad pictures) I took with my I pod touch of Alec and his girlfriend Sasha in their new apartment.