Alone at school

Yesterday as we were driving home from moving Thomas into his dorm, Andrew mentioned to me that this year at school would be the first year he'd be there without one of our kids there in eight years.  And of course, we had those two fabulous years when all four of us were there.  The reality made us both a little sad.

This morning I kept thinking about that, and I had a pretty rough morning.  We no longer have any of our kids' "first day" photos to post.  We hadn't heard anything at all from Thomas since we left him.  I certainly didn't want to be a crazy parent, but even a "thumbs up" to a text I sent would've been nice.  I was pretty sad about things this morning.

I'm so grateful that Thomas texted early this morning, and it was such an incredibly positive text.  He mentioned all the good things that had happened since we left and said he hadn't texted because he was busy being involved.  My heart was so happy to hear these good things!  I am so grateful things are going well!