Last Monday, I
would say, was one of the saddest moments in my life as a mother. “When I sent my eldest daughter, Nadhrah off
for her foundation course in Shah Alam, I found
myself overwhelmed by an incredible feeling of melancholy. I was sad down to my
bones.”
I took these lines (make a
few changes) by Randye
Hoder in Motherlode at http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com who wrote about “Struggling to Let Go of My College-Student
Daughter.”
Hoder wrote , “ Regardless of how
often she comes home, or how many times a day we chat or text, Emma is now gone
in a far grander sense. She is well on the road to adulthood, and from this,
she will never return.I know full well, of course, that this is completely
normal. And I take pride and joy in seeing Emma make her way so confidently and
capably. She is, after all, doing exactly what she is supposed to do. She’s
going to be just fine. I know, too, that we will always remain close.Nonetheless,
Emma’s going to college has signaled the passing of something that I cherished
— her childhood and my relationship to her as a child — and I can’t help being
a little sad about that. ”
What Hoder wrote matched my feelings perfectly. This is
exactly what I am going through right now. It’s quite comforting to know that I am not
alone “struggling with this transition”.
Nevertheless,
I have great faith that my Nadhrah will
make it through. For Allah swt will not lay on us a
burden greater than the strength we have, to bear. In Shaa Allah.
