of your son (or daughter) on their wedding day? It's been really tough for me to "give up" my son--even though I love my future d-i-l. Would you share your stories? Or tell me if there's something wrong with me!
2006-10-18 02:55:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
It was definitely difficult. I actually had to "let go" just after my daughter graduated from high school. She had a wonderful opportunity to spend the summer in Europe, but letting her leave was the number one most difficult thing I have ever had to do in my entire life.
I cried for a week - thank goodness her departure was timed with a closure at work! I wouldn't have been able to make it in to the office!
Fortunately, it turned into a wonderful opportunity to re-meet my husband, and for us to remember how much we like each other's company!
She came home safe, thank goodness! Since then, she has found the love of her life, and I am sincerely looking forward to their wedding day! I know that I am going to drip like a faucet at the wedding, but it won't be due to any sadness, since I have already been thru the "separation" part of this.
Also, I know for real that she's not leaving me...she's not living at my house anymore, but there is no question that she'll always be my daughter and my friend. Don't forget that your son will always be your son...He may not live at your house anymore, but his love for you will only get stronger as he learns to love his wife, and his future children.
2006-10-18 08:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My precious daughter got married in May. She is my heart, and I feel the place she has left still. I love her husband, I couldn't have picked a better man for her. As a matter of fact, I told her she couldn't break up with him, because he was perfect for her. He loves her dearly, and that's the reason I am staying together as well as I have.
I don't get the phone calls like I did, she asks him, and that's the way it's suppose to be. She's my best friend too, so it makes it a little sadder I think. She's my baby, and I miss her. My son is just 16, so I have time to get the heart prepared. Then I will have a empty nest. I am so thankful that you love your daughter-in-law, and that will make the changes easier to bear, but it still not the same.
Hold on Mom, I am wanting grandbabies to fill the void, but she said I have to wait for 5 years. So, for now I treasure the times we are together, and the calls are a little longer than before, but not as often. So, save up those memories and stash them away to use when your son is busy with his new life and wife. Comforting thought isn't to know that their spouses love them, and that makes the seperation easier.
God bless us all.......
2006-10-18 13:04:38 · answer #2 · answered by totallylost 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhhh, yes. Been there, done that, bought the video, and own the T-shirt-----and I'm so happy!!!
Yes, children are born to leave home. That's what they're SUPPOSED to do, anyway. Your job was to raise your child so that he would be a strong, confident, honorable, Christian man. He will now be making his own home. Since he will be the head of his household, all of the lessons you taught him will be put into action.
I never was afraid of "letting go." I was just anxious about whether or not I'd given them the proper tools to be strong people who could build lives of integrity.
"GULP*----So, if you "raised up your child in the way he should go," as the Bible says----then he will not depart from it. Have faith in that.
2006-10-18 09:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by thepeskywabbit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best part of life
2006-10-18 10:20:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋