TERRY MOSHER
CAITLIN MOSHER
Even though I know how these things work – your child goes to college and moves far away – I still feel sad today because our youngest, Caitlin, flew out of Sea-Tac to go to Las Vegas where she will meet up with our oldest son, Toby, and start another chapter of the book of her life.
As we returned from the airport after delivering her there and pulled into our driveway I saw her car parked there and on instinct said to myself, “Good, Catlin is home.”
Then it hit me like a ton of bricks: No she is not. She’s gone. Maybe forever. Oh sure, there might be a visit or two, and maybe we even might visit her, but the ties that bind us so closely has been unwrapped and she really is gone.
Caitlin is planning on going to Southern Nevada College and then transfer to UNLV. If I can look past her being gone, I can think she is on the right path for her and that everything will be all right. But it’s tough right now.
I guess this is how parents who see they child go off to college must feel. They are happy for their child, but also sad because that presence is no longer present. There is a void that can never be filled again.
Our grown daughter, Wendy, just recently sent her son Jacob (Joker) to Washington State and I’m sure she must be feeling the same empty pangs I am, even when we both know that it’s for the best.
The sad fact is that our lovable children grow up and go to school or work, get married and create their own nests. It’s part of the life cycle we humans go through.
I say sad, because the home environment gets changed, especially of one with Caitlin in it. She is so full of energy and a love of life that it all washes over us like a big wave and we can’t help but be immersed in her. Now that wave has disappeared and we are left stranded on a dry beach.
I need to put things in perspective. My oldest brother Ray lost one of his eight daughters and his lovely wife of 60 years in a span of 15 days back in late June and early July and compared to that Caitlin leaving to write a new chapter in her life book is nothing but good.
So thanks Caitlin for the bright light you brought into our life. May that bright light shine on others as you go about creating your history. May you also always walk with the grace of God.
Be well pal.
Be careful out there.
Have a great day.
You are loved.
