Alyssa is moving out of the house this week...she isn't going away to college this time or going overseas to live in England for a year like she did when she was 18...she is moving out to live with friends in her very own apartment! I am so excited for her!
Yet, as her mother, I know that I am going to be missing a few things about her when she's gone...things like...
- walking through her bedroom on the way to the laundry room, and having to step over her shoes, books, clothes, purses, and green Starbucks aprons
- the free bags of Starbucks coffee she brought home each week
- her laughter and the life she brings into our home whenever she is here
- the discussions she and Mark love to have about random topics
- having her friends stop by to go shopping, hang out, borrow clothes, bake, spend the night
- New Years Eve parties with all of her friends filling our little townhouse, singing and praying in the new year
- our late night talks
- sitting in the kitchen, talking and drinking coffee in the mornings
- being there to hear all of her thoughts and ideas when she wanted to talk
- getting to see her 'new' clothes and other finds from Goodwill and thrift stores
- watching 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Persuasion' and 'Sense and Sensibility' together and knowing that Mark and John Mark had no idea what was going on in those movies, which one was Mr. Darcy or Mr. Bingley, and why we loved to watch these movies over and over and over again
- having another girl in the house who understands how strange boys can be to live with
- being her assistant when she bakes
- having her as my assistant when I cook
- just knowing that she is home and is asleep in her own bed.
These are just a few of the things that I can think of now, and once she is gone I am sure I will have more to add to the list...and I haven't even listed what I am NOT going to miss...but that is a topic for another post!
Plus, I can't wait to go visit her in her new apartment...because I am hoping to create some new memories with her there!
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