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PARENTING
How I am Preparing to Leave One Of My Favorite People
Dropping my daughter off at school 3,000 miles away
It’s almost time for the dreaded day. This extraordinary milestone of when your child becomes an adult and is off to face life without you.
The day that I’ve been bursting into tears over at random moments this week.
One of my favorite people on this planet, my firstborn daughter, is headed off to a dance conservatory on the east coast.
I am in California, so it’s not just a hop, skip, jump away.
I treasure this girl. If I had to list one of my most prized possessions, she would be it. Obviously, she is not my possession, but you get the gist.
No physical thing is more important than my girl.
The process of letting go started before her senior year was over and now the time is too close for comfort.
For me, it is dropping my daughter off at a specialized school.
