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Mom's perspective--saying goodbye
One of my best qualities is I'm decisive. One of my worst qualities is, well, I'm decisive.
Today, it's a problem.
Last January, my 16 year-old filled out an application for a one year exchange in New Zealand. "Yes, absolutely, wonderful, genius!" I gushed in an instant.
Her decision may have been inspired by my unreasonable traveling addiction. You see, I would spend my last dollar showing my kids the world. Actually, now that I think about it, I have.
Globe trotting from Barcelona to Istanbul, Amsterdam to Prague and the entire Western Caribbean.
We have planed, trained, automobiled, taxied, sailed, ferried, subwayed, pedicabed, ziplined, sprinted, walked, funiculared, and eaten lots and lots of savory appetizers.
We've peed standing up over filthy holes, hovering in raunchy Roman public bathrooms, squatting in the bushes, swimming in the water, and holding our breath in creepy public closets. Yup, it's been a riot.
Tomorrow, she finishes her semester here in Canada and will enjoy a one week break before she gets on a 747 and flies to New Zealand.
In the instant I made it, it was a great decision. I believe travel trumps education in many ways.
Leslie Bradford
Today, it's a problem.
Last January, my 16 year-old filled out an application for a one year exchange in New Zealand. "Yes, absolutely, wonderful, genius!" I gushed in an instant.
Her decision may have been inspired by my unreasonable traveling addiction. You see, I would spend my last dollar showing my kids the world. Actually, now that I think about it, I have.
Globe trotting from Barcelona to Istanbul, Amsterdam to Prague and the entire Western Caribbean.
We have planed, trained, automobiled, taxied, sailed, ferried, subwayed, pedicabed, ziplined, sprinted, walked, funiculared, and eaten lots and lots of savory appetizers.
We've peed standing up over filthy holes, hovering in raunchy Roman public bathrooms, squatting in the bushes, swimming in the water, and holding our breath in creepy public closets. Yup, it's been a riot.
Tomorrow, she finishes her semester here in Canada and will enjoy a one week break before she gets on a 747 and flies to New Zealand.
In the instant I made it, it was a great decision. I believe travel trumps education in many ways.
My desire as a parent was to raise not citizens of one country, but Global citizens. Not Canadians, but Human Beings. Persons capable of not tolerance, but understanding. To teach them not to just "live" their life, but to experience the world in all its glorious fullness as one big adventure.
Now, it's time to pay up. To say, "See you at Christmas!" and try not to break down into a heap of motherly mush.
I know in my heart it was the right decision for "K", but it sure doesn't feel like it today.
To follow my current publishing endeavor, The Ditching Dresses Project, www.ditchingdresses.blogspot.com
Now, it's time to pay up. To say, "See you at Christmas!" and try not to break down into a heap of motherly mush.
I know in my heart it was the right decision for "K", but it sure doesn't feel like it today.
To follow my current publishing endeavor, The Ditching Dresses Project, www.ditchingdresses.blogspot.com
Leslie Bradford
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Author, The Garden That Grew Her
and Nevaeh Can't Wait and a bunch of other stuff
Author, The Garden That Grew Her
and Nevaeh Can't Wait and a bunch of other stuff
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