I'm not ready for this............

I know that this is not WLS related, however it is very much beginning to stress me a little bit. Tonight I attended a meeting with my son about him beginning "Middle School" next year and just listening to all the things that come along with it. I am just not sure if he is ready, who am I kidding, I am not sure if I am ready. I knew this day was coming, but tonight sitting there listening to everyone really put things into prospective and has made my stomach turn flips, almost made me and not from surgery this time. Help me, I am really feeling some major parental blues at the moment and need some cheering up, because I am not sure if I am ready to send my little off into the hands of those little s. Any Advice? A Mom not wanting to let go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Sheila!! I remember that sick feeling! My baby boy is 13 now and in middle school....it's almost as bad as sending them off to Kindergarten! The good news is....all the other parents probably feel just like you! I'll be thinking about you!! It'll be okay! Very soon I'll be there again with my now 8 year-old daughter--I think it will be worse sending my baby girl to those beasts! Rhonda

Thanks Rhonda, I know to some this may seem silly, but I do not do well with stress and eating. I am going to get through this and I know that I will do fine. This is part of life and I will need to find a way to get through it, but it is so hard. This morning I visited the Middle School with him and it was so large, it made it just that much harder. I wanted to put him back in diapers, !! Shelia

Oh, Shelia, no--it's not silly! It is stressful! Jus****ch out for the girls....they tend to "develop" faster than the boys. I can remember watching my 5th grade son at an after school function one day....I was thinking--who is that high school girl he's talking to? She had her hair fixed, makeup on, etc. Later, when I asked him, he told me who she was and she was in his same grade!!! I was not ready for that!! All I could think was that SHE was looking at my baby!!! WHOA! Pray hard--that will help you get through this! And, keep him as close to you as you can, so he knows he can ALWAYS talk to you....not that mine tells me everything....I know he doesn't--but, he does come to me or his Dad when he needs us and when he just wants to talk. My Dad is a great help--he and my son have always had a special relationship and he knows he can talk to "Pa" about anything. Remember, this is a tough time for him too--feelings of not knowing whether to act like a kid or having to act more grown up. I'll be praying for you! You must be an awesome mom---just because you are worried!! You both are going to do fine! Rhonda