running out of time.....

ok, so our brief visit with the middle child is drawing quickly to a close....we have not come to grips with the reality of this departure...that we will not see this child for 5 months.....must keep in mind that this is an adult we are talking about and no longer a child that needs looked after and worried over.....a capable, thoughtful adult......who will surely keep us up to date on his life so far away.....it is the mundane details that mean most to loving parents, by the way......