Taking a Trip Without My Big Girl… For the First Time Ever
This month, I’m off to Seattle for The Book. I should be psyched. I should be calling old friends up north and planning a girls’ night — all night. I should be packing my heels and cleavage-showing shirts. But this is the first out-of-state trip I’ve ever taken without my Big Girl. Oh, sure, my six-year-old has had slumber parties at friends’ houses; and I’ve been on a total of two weekend trips since she was born. But there’s something about boarding a plane by myself…. I’m a bit emotional right now.
This is what’s reassuring: my sister and her dog will be staying at my place with Mae. Hopefully she’ll make the oatmeal just right and get her to school on time. Friends are jumping in left and right to pick her up at school with hugs and kisses.
travel, single mom, single parent, Seattle, book, alone
March 10th, 2007 at 9:54 am
Aw Rachel that is so hard. I have to let my kids go a couple of times a month with their dad, and while that is supposedly beneficial for all of us, it’s very hard to let them go. So yes, boarding a plane and going on a actual trip would be difficult.
Conversely, I do believe that with children, anyway, short vacations away from them make us appreciate them more and fill up our mommy-cup!
Luck to you at your book signing! Have FUN!