Another Transition?

My daughter Emily is back at JMU for the fall semester. This year she is living in a house with four other girls, er, young women. So what is the transition here?

Think about my situation. It is always difficult to have your child, er, young woman moving away. Life changes for me when that happens. There are no value judgements about whether my life is better or not, things just need to change. There is a short-term transition of getting used to having only 3 of us around the house. There are less really late nights at home. Summer is over.

Emily of course is going through a transition. Living off campus is different. She has to be responsible for new things. Safety, always a concern for girls (okay, women!), is more of an issue. Her name is associated with legal documents obligating her to pay for certain things in a timely manner. She now has to get to her classes and back in some way other than walking. Mostly, this transition is about preparing for life after college. On her own. That's when it hits you that she really isn't a child anymore.

And that I have a bigger transition to go through.

I miss her!