The Hardest Thing I've Ever Had to Do.....

[Michelle Davis]

I've done lots of things I thought were hard to do....say goodbye to my grandpa when he died (the man filled role of father and grandfather for me), walk out on a marriage of over 11 years with nearly nothing but my pride and my boys, be the first in my family to go to college and earn a degree, make my mom become responsible and be a parent rather than a child, but the hardest thing I have ever done is the thing I will do tomorrow.....I have to take my boys to their dad's for 6 weeks in the summer....and I've NEVER spend more than 4 days away from them. Yes, this is the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

[Jeanette Cheezum]

The hardest thing I've ever had to do was watch my daughter go through two brain surgery's.

[Maraya Loza Koxahn]

OMG Jeanette - you didn't actually watch did you? Just the waiting and the worry would've been hard enough. I hope she's okay and that you wrote your way through it.

[Michelle Davis]

Oh wow! I am so sorry you both had to go through something like that. I can only imagine the pain you felt watching her struggle. Thank you for sharing this!

[Stefano]

Hard things, good things - because you did with love, because they are gifts, because life smiles after them. I feel... proud - yes, that's the word - of people like you, even if I don't know you.

[Michelle Davis]

Thank you so much for your comment.

[Susan Moody]

Call them;

Write them;

Send them little treats;

and enjoy your down time...they will be back before you know it.

I have been there.

not always fair

[Michelle Davis]

No, it's not fair....and thank you for your encouragement!

[Maraya Loza Koxahn]

I can relate. Spent years sharing parenting. Take this time to be good to yourself. I said goodbye to my girls for a whole year and I'm only into my 4th month - missing them terribly. We're at either end of 2 different Americas. We speak almost weekly and they're coming to visit me in August. Be thankful that we were able to practice empty-nesting . . .

[Michelle Davis]

Oh my gosh! A whole year???? Oh wow! I'm not sure I could make it a whole year!

[Lisa Miller]

The hardest thing I've ever had to do is Trust.

[Michelle Davis]

Ah...yes! This is a hard one too.....very hard.

[Louise Yeiser McAlpin]

Put down a mastiff, who went to the vet's for minor, exploratory surgery. The doc found an inoperable, untreatable tumor in his air passage that would have killed him in a few days anyway, so he never woke up from a routine vet visit. I didn't want him to suffer because I lacked the courage to do a tough thing. All the other hardest things I've done in my life were not quite so final.