I can’t believe it’s been this long since my last entry, so much has happened since; Alex is finishing his second college semester and Carolina is back from New Jersey to be here a year!
Alex has settled in college very well! I think this boy was born to be in college. The change that I have seen in him is amazing and we couldn’t be prouder. He started college last year with English as his major and has recently changed it to Political Science. I hope he has found ‘his passion’.
Ever since I can remember he’s had an interest in ‘political issues’…when he was around 5 years old he wanted to be “Bill Clinton” for Halloween! needless to say; he wasn’t (I couldn’t find a suit for 10 dollars) so he was a Power Ranger.
But his love for politics don’t end there, he was so interested in presidents, that I got him a little place mat for the table that contained all the pictures of all the presidents and in not time he could name them all, with their vice-presidents and the years…
As he grew up and continues to this day: he watches every single documentary there is about presidents, Washington, Lincoln, Regan, Hoover, Kennedy,…name it
so when he changed his major, I would like to think; It was the right decision!…time will tell..
Carolina did some traveling last year to some major hospitals, such as Robert Wood Johnson in Brunswick and also at Overlook Hospital in Summit, NJ. She loved the experience and realized there is more than her little hometown.
Don’t take me wrong; I wish I could keep her next to me for ever! but that would be selfish. I want her to grow, to see the world, be aware of so many opportunities there are in other places, other hospitals…..so many doors yet to be open!
But in the other hand, I love when she needs my advice, when she looks forward to my cooking, when she is home with me!
Why do they have to grow? why do they have to leave? and how do we learn to let go? or is it possible that we, as mothers, never let go, they remain as children in our hearts and in our minds; tender and fragile as the first day we held them in our arms….