What’s Next?
Posted By Robin on August 5, 2009
Well, it happened. That sweet, sweet child of mine left the nest.
I’ve looked toward this day for a long time. I knew it was coming. As he pulled out of the driveway this morning in his faded, green Bonne filled with the trappings of a young creative talent, my adorable child set his gaze straight ahead in a move that took him to the other side of the state for his junior year at college. As he drove out of sight, I felt the ground move under my feet as my reality shifted and a new scene in ‘my story’ unfolded.
I was living out a scene I’ve imagined before…I felt excited and a little sad at the same time. Then the age-old question reappeared: What’s next?
I arrived at a new chapter in my story and the page is nearly blank. There are a couple of fuzzy pictures but there are no words on the page. I don’t have a plan. What’s next?
This is an odd moment for me. I am a planner. Everything is a project. I’ve led a jam-packed life and with the responsibilities of motherhood on the wane, it appears I don’t have a plan for what comes next.
It’s a bittersweet moment. Or is it?
My youngest moved to his first apartment and class doesn’t start for a few weeks. Sweet! It’s late summer and he’s off with his friends…a little college life, without the college commitment!
Again my inner media says, “It’s all part of growing up.”
Perhaps I’ll take a cue from my son and give myself a few weeks to hang out with my friends to ponder my future before I decide what I want to do when I grow up.
What’s next for me? Just you wait and see!
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