I'm emotional today

Andrew and Robert just left to visit Andrew's parents.  It was hard for them to leave, and I had Abby in the yard with me waving her little paw goodbye.  Catherine and Thomas texted quite a bit last evening and again this morning, and they are missing the dog terribly.  It is hard for me to have our family in three different states.  I know though, that this is the future of our lives.  Robert leaves in a few weeks, and that is the beginning.  Our days of being a household of five are nearly done, and it will continue to get smaller.  I love my husband and I don't dread those days when it is just he and I, but I sure have loved being a mother to these three.  I know I am always going to be their mother, but I'm not needed to parent 24/7 like I used to be!