so soon

I've been pretty good, until Sunday.  Church was tough, I was emotional, I mean.  It was the last Sunday Madison will be here before she goes down to the Y.  It was hard for me to not cry.  I am excited for Madison to go to college, but, I tell ya, it's hard for me to let her go.  Maybe if she had been a rotten stinker it would be easier, but she wasn't.  Perfect, no.  But she's a sweetheart, and we're going to miss her.

Eric gave the kids blessings (to start the school year), and Bryce chimes in, "Does Mom need a blessing too?"  Yeah, Mom needed a blessing too.

I've been trying to not think about it, Madison being gone that is.  It's weird, our family's changing.  We leave today.  I'm taking her down with my Mom, and we're going to help her get settled.  Eric's staying here with the rest of the kids.

She is SO excited.  And that has made it so much easier for me, knowing how excited she is to go and start such a fun part of her life.  College... I just can't wrap my head around the fact that she's already old enough to go to college.