Happy and sad

When my husband and I were younger, we had to make a difficult choice concerning where we were going to live and work.  At the time we lived fairly close to our families and wanted to find a good job in the area but my husband's "dream" job took us several hundred miles away.  The move was

Dang, I'm going to miss them!

painful but provided us an opportunity to grow closer together and discover a new area which we eventually grew to love.

One of my sons is in a similar position right now.  He has always lived near our family and we have always enjoyed him, his sweet wife and their three children.  Unfortunately, his job hasn't been satisfactory and he's been looking in other areas for a good job.  He flew to a job interview today and tonight he told us that he was offered a job and accepted it.  It's a good job in a great location but it's several hundred miles away.  He and his family will be moving within the month.

While I am excited for his new job opportunity, I am so sad to know that they will be gone soon.  I love having them around and I love the close relationship I've developed with the grandchildren.   Yet, I want them to follow their dreams and enjoy some of the same experiences I had so many years ago...exploring a new city, making new friends and building strong family bonds.  

It's so hard encouraging a child (even an adult child) to go while at the same time wishing I could hold onto them forever.  I guess that's part of being a grown up.  It sucks sometimes.