Apron Strings

Yesterday we took Kieran to spend a week at camp.
A sleep away camp.
The day before he was a tad nervous (mild understatement), so my time (and Kevin's too) was spent on  talking about how much fun he was going to have & how we've been nervous at times in our life too.  Don't get me wrong, Kieran's been really excited about going & he's spending the week with his best bud in the bunk below him.  Just nerves...totally normal.
So with all the focus on getting him packed, everything (and I do mean everything labeled), and talking to Kieran, I didn't have any time to think about having him gone for a week.
Until last night.
And today.
And I realized that from this point on....this is how it's going to be with the kiddos.
This is why we are teaching them, and training them, and loving them.
To let them go, little by little, and watch them fly.
It's a blessing.