This week I had to make a difficult decision: whether I wanted to put my kids on a plane to fly alone for the first time to vist their Nana and Papa in Florida for Spring Break. This would mean traveling without Mom!! I struggled with this one. I am always with them when they fly. They need me with them..right? What if they had a problem? Who will make decisions and protect them? Surely, that’s my job and a necessary one at that!

So, I posed the question to you, our listeners, and you convinced me that they would be fine and I should quit clipping their wings and let them fly, both literally and figuratively. My logical mind says you are right and that they should go. My mommy heart says they grow up too fast and I want them to always need me. I know I NEED to let them go, it’s just that I don’t WANT to let them go.

Ultimately, they will be on a beach in no time without giving me, nor the flight, a second thought. As for me, I will pace until they return and then pretend that it never bothered me at all. Grin and bare it! That’s what I do. I’m a mom afterall!!

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