Asha, just the day to day things are enough sometimes.  I try not to worry ahead.  of course that works well until I lay down to sleep...lol. We just have to trust that if you do the right things it will all come out right in the end.

Sue.

Asha: boy, you hit the nail on the head for me with this blog! So many ups and downs here lately and I am just overwhelmed right now. Thank you so much for that enlightment and reminders. And yes, sometimes you just have to go on faith. Debbie

I wish dropping me would fix me as easily! I don't get better when I fall though!

I remember always praying to have a silent streak when it came to letting my kids make mistakes but I never managed it and maybe I wasn't supposed to now that I look back because my kids got me a magnet for the frig that says "if at first you don't succeed, do it like your mother told you."  But I had my say most of the time and they did what they do and sometimes they proved me wrong and other times they had to wiggle around to find their way. I guess I never listened either. That's exactly why I say over and over please listen LOL! I remember that time doing apps and the last year and I got so into it that I didn't do much to prepare of empty nest and I was hit hard each time one flew the coop. They have gone back and forth and so it goes. But I cried and celebrated in a bittersweet time when they went off into the world and I worried they would never go and when they went at least I didn't have them around to worry as much about. If love was measured in worry eh? But it always turned out ok regardless of what I did or didn't say or do because they handled the failures and celebrated the successes and all the heartaches and dramas that go with life. I guess I wanted to protect them but in the end I needed the protection from my worrying self LOL!  Now I am still worrying over them as they try and help me. I know you are wanting the best for your beloved and I just will share something that my first said to me when he went away to school and he said that he heard my voice in his head. I was glad that I was in there along with his own conscience and of course he must have been up to something LOL but I was assured that he had the tools to choose with and from. I imagine that when they do it all on their own it means more when it works and then they can blame that if it doesn't.  Keep us posted.

Asha,

Wow. Who knew that dropping the ipad again would fix it. I am impressed that you found the solution and figured out how to make it work.

I used to be very good at spotting computer problems and fixing. Now sometimes I can figure out the solution. But it takes days rather than minutes. Frustrating!!

Keep us posted on your son's application process. It is an exciting time for him.

Take care,

Lin

Hi Asha, still using grandkids computer!  you are so right, life is full of up's and down's. You just have to carry on cause life keeps on going on.  Remember the saying Asha " Life stands still for no one".  What college is he going through?   like I told you Asha, he be fine, and it be good for him to make mistakes that is how you learn. 

My son had to do his college application with out me, I just had the stroke, and my husband is not good at paper work lol.   Thomas went to a school that was good, but he  was not happy. Before my Stroke, I try to tell him that this school was far from everyone he knew,  he would not listen.   All  his friends went to another college, and they would go and get him at weekends, he have such a great time, plus it was a good school with great teachers.  So  he took it upon himself to move to the school. He wrote  to the other school, took care of the paper work, found some where to live,  I was so proud of him! 

Let us know how it goes, you take a lot of deep breathe  and relax.

Yvonne