The ugly cry.
My sixteen year old boy leaves for Civil Air Patrol Encampment today.
He'll be in another state.
We will be apart for two weeks.
When he comes back, I'll be doing the same ugly cry as when he leaves.
Funny how that works.
Bye, baby, mama loves you....
My son loved Encampment last year! And I enjoyed my break...
ReplyDeleteOh... I would cry too! You should be proud thogh...
ReplyDeleteAw, poor mama! I'm sure the nice CAP peeps will take very good care of him. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, good luck to him. And a box of tissues for you!
ReplyDeleteI was the same way with Thing 1 when she went off to sleepaway camp this summer.
ReplyDeleteThen she came back with lice.
Aw! He'll do great and so will you!
ReplyDeleteBlogHer will distract you for a few days, yay!
As his mother can't you just say no?!
ReplyDeleteI know. He will have an amazing time and come back having grown in ways he doesn't even understand. But you will.
Tissues and hugs.
It occurred to me the other day that we're less than 10 years away from HRH needing to register for the draft. The thought filled me with dread. It's good to anticipate your neuroses a decade in advance.
ReplyDeleteIt'll go by quickly (I hope).
Awwww, I bet. I wish you much strength while he is away and hope you can take care of you a bit, too. And think of how wonderful your reunion will be :)
ReplyDeleteI'm always here when you need a shoulder. XOXO
haha loved it!!
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Haha, I would be doing the same ugly cry if it was my baby! :(
ReplyDeleteAwwww.
ReplyDeleteSending warm thoughts and prayers for him to have a great time and you to not be too sad.
Oh, the pain of letting our babies go...
ReplyDeleteCrying the ugly cry along with you over here! My baby is gonna be 7 years old in three months, and today she had just lost another tooth!
Now, where's that wine bottle??
I hope he has the best time ever. This almost made me cry. : (
ReplyDeleteIn comparison to MY ugly cry, this girl looks super model great. I totally understand though. I cried picking up my daughter from kindergarten at the end of the day and that was only a few hours.
ReplyDeleteMy man thought I was crazy last night when I burst into tears talking about my son turning 4 next month. He'll be in Kindergarten in a year!!! Ugh..I hate having them grow up.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand this mommy moment!
HUGE (((HUGS)))!!!
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Consider it preparation for later. I know how hard it is. I recommend you buy extra tissues!
ReplyDelete((empress)) he is going to be ok....smiles and so will you....
ReplyDeletethanks for the tweet this morning too
Hang in there, mama. Wish I could give you a big hug!
ReplyDeleteWow! I've never heard of that program. I would bawl too.
ReplyDeleteI looked like that the first day my kid started preschool. Hope you don't worry too much and I think getting yourself busy will help lots.
ReplyDeleteEncampment. Is that like when I banish my son to the closet?
ReplyDeleteWaaahhhh, waaaahhhh, pass the tissues. Sniff.
ReplyDeleteOkay I always feel better after a good cry.
Good for him! Makes me proud for you and him that he will be doing some important work.
ReplyDeleteEncampment? That sounds painful. I know you're going to miss him and I'm sure you'll be missed right back, even if he might not admit it. Are you totally out of contact, or can he talk to the family? Two weeks sounds lonnnnng. Hugs to you. (In person no less.)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the separation! I'm leaving my baby for two weeks at the end of August for a business trip. I bet that an abandonment complex makes me cry even uglier.
ReplyDeleteI did the ugly cry this week: when I dropped my 10 week old at the sitter for the first time. Will cry it again when I leave him and his sister for Blogher next week.
ReplyDeleteAnd will cry when I leave Blogher.
BTW, I love your honesty, in case I hadn't told you that before.
I encase my boys in bubble wrap before I let them go outside to play (within my sight) so I don't know how you did it!
ReplyDeleteOh I am crying with you, sniff sniff! So hard to let them go....Stay strong :)
ReplyDeleteWhere is this encampment? And how can I send my 6 year old?
ReplyDeleteGood luck to him.
ReplyDeleteAnd to you.
What a great mom you are to raise a son who wants to do this.
Thinking of you.
Is it ALWAYS this hard to let one's kids go??
ReplyDeleteYeah, I get that way, too. Good thing you have BlogHer to duistract you. And may I say? THREE DAYS. THREE DAYS. THREE DAYS Squeeeeee! See ya Wednesday, roomie!
ReplyDeleteThe ugly cry...oh yes, I know it well. I've always envied those women who can do that sweet, pitiful, polite mewing. When I cry, it comes with gasps ad runny nose and loud snorts and red eyes and swollen nose. Definitely ugly.
ReplyDeleteAnd I did it every weekend for the first two years my kids went away to college.
Hang in there!
Well, not to mess with your good ugly cry, but you'll be gone part of that time at BlogHer reading your fabulousness as a VOTY--that helps a bit, right? :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, that is going to be tough! I know it'll be good for him but I know you will miss the dude. (I love watching a good, ugly cry!!) <---especially my kids' (if it's not about something serious, of course)
ReplyDeleteYeah, no. I am NOT for 16 year olds. They seem to want to do a lot of stuff without you. Like sleeping, and showering and stuff I won't allow. Okay, so maybe showering with my 16 year old is a little weird. Or a lot weird. Cleary I have an attachement issue. Good luck and hope the weeks fly by for you!
ReplyDeletewishing him lots of luck, and you too..you'll both be back together soon...this warmed my heart, you missing your boy like that. xoxo
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Love you, guys.
Hugs to you - I understand. I sent two of my boys off to Somalia during their uprising and did the ugly cry.
ReplyDeleteThe ugly cry picture - was hysterical, tho!
It's a tough thing to do, but you are helping prepare him for the world.
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