To My Son Who Is Graduating This Year
It hit me This morning, while driving to work, it hit me hard. It hit me that you will be graduating in a couple months and that you will be moving on without me. I felt like I was having a mental breakdown due to the uncontrollable crying, anxiety and fear. Fear that you're not ready, fear that you won't know what to do in certain situations, fear that you won't call for help if you need it, and mainly fear that you no longer need me. All this time, It was me I have a hard time letting you go, be on your own, and being that "Man" whom I will have spent 18 years preparing you to be. I thought this would be easy. I thought that I have prepared myself for this. All this time, I thought that you would be the one afraid of moving forward and that you wouldn't be ready just yet. I thought that you would be the one to break down and back out. However, I now realize that it's me who is afraid and just not ready. It's me who is breaking down and wan...