My Daughter is Moving Out!
As I was getting ready to leave to go to church last night my daughter Noelle came home and informed me that she was moving out.
Now!
I know she has been wanting to move out but I didn’t think she meant NOW.
She’s been looking for apartments and the cost of rent is way more than she can afford, so I suggested that maybe she could find someone who was looking to rent out a room or someone who needed a room mate. But to tell you the truth I really didn’t think she would be moving out so fast.
Noelle is the youngest of my 5 children.
I like to say she is 19 going on 35. She’s the youngest but she thinks she’s the oldest.
Ok maybe I’m exaggerating…
My other daughter Danielle moved out a few years back and it was an adjustment, but I think Noelle moving out will be a bigger adjustment for me.
Ok… she’s my baby.
The gift that God sent me when my mother-in-law passed away.
The other kids have always said that she was my favorite. I wouldn’t go that far but I’ve always seen her as my gift.
I enjoyed her so much when she was small and I guess I spoiled her more than the others…
But I think I spoiled all of them.
My house is a crazy place so maybe it will be a little less crazy with Noelle being gone.
But mostly I think it will just be a little quieter. My son Allen, his wife Candy and my 2 grandaughters, Leah and Melody, also live here along with my daughter Michelle and son William.
The room will be well used because it will become a room for my two grandaughters.
So yes we can use the room…
Yes it will be nice to get all the toys out of the living room and family room.
But my heart is breaking because my home will never be the same.
My kids are growing up and beginning their journey into discovering who they are and what they want for their lives.
So as they leave one by one a little part of me goes with them.
I’m remembering how I felt as I moved out of my mothers house when I was 21 into an apartment with my sister Louise.
It was an exciting time. I remember that I wanted my independence.
Not that I didn’t pretty much come and go as I pleased anyway.
But I wanted a place to call my own.
So I do understand her wanting to move out.
It’s a new chapter in our lives.
It’s a time to let go and let her live her life.
But she will always be my baby and I will always pray for her and for her protection.
I pray she makes good choices and that she remembers her values.
And so now I place her in Gods hands and I thank Him for giving her to me as my daughter.
I have been truly blessed!
Deirdre Powell (Dee)
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