{Letting Go}...Slowly.

I never imagined something so little being so big...and so hard at the same time!  Today, Camden had a play date with one of his friends in the neighborhood.  He asked, "Mommy, can I ride my bike to his house...by myself?"  I wanted to scream, "ARE YOU CRAZY?!?  YOU WOULD HAVE TO RIDE 3 BLOCKS, DOWN A HILL, AND CROSS A NON-BUSY ROAD...ALL WITHOUT ME WATCHING YOU!"  I let him do it.  It was hard.  And while he was riding away a tear rolled down my cheek as if he just left for college.  When he got home from his play date I said, "That must have been pretty cool getting to ride all by yourself to your friends house today!"  He simply said, "No, Mommy...it was AWESOME!"