Our son’s last day of high school is tomorrow.
Well, he does have finals ahead next week. And then graduation is just after that.
It’s all happening so quickly now.
Everything has been happening quickly this year, as it did when our daughter was a senior.
The time, from a parent’s perspective, absolutely flew.
I asked Matt tonight as he was heading to bed, “How do you feel about your last day of high school? Are you excited? Sad?”
I paused, letting the feelings just be what they were, for each of us.
“Or maybe you’re feeling a mix of emotions. Often at these times, we do,” I suggested, reflecting privately on my own mix of emotions at this momentous time in his life, and ours, too.
How about you?
What emotions occur to you, when you recall having reaching major life or work milestones?
Do you recall a combination of excitement when looking ahead, tinged with wistfulness, as you looked back and realized what was ending, too?
It is possible to feel many different emotions, all at the same time.
Change often means you’re gaining something, while giving up something, too.
