The Single Best Piece of Advice I Can Give You For This New School Year
By Laura Hull, LMFT Coping Coach I might as well disclose upfront that I am the proud mother of six wonderful kids. My two oldest sons started college last fall on the same day my youngest child started Pre-Kindergarten. It was the first time in 18 years that a school year had begun and I had an empty house for a few hours per day. I am not ashamed to admit to you that I was in the throes of a “woe is me” pity party. I am not one of those mothers who count down the days of summer vacation, eagerly anticipating and then rejoicing as the summer break comes to an end. I always miss my children when the school year begins. I miss them terribly. But last fall was particularly harsh. The realization that my first babies were in college and my last baby was not a baby anymore was like a cold smack of reality right in the middle of my mother worrying, stress-lined face. Friends, let me just tell you. I was in a bad way. I tried to drown my sor