Sunday 11 August 2013

What to do with my "Mummy Head"?

I went to my Mums yesterday with Malc and the boys. We mowed her front and back lawns and trimmed wild bushes back to neatness. We ended up staying all day. We tracked Edens flight which the boys thought was amazing. I received an email last night from the mum of the family she's gone with.I've also joined Facebook for the 10 days she's away. I haven't got a clue what I'm doing, I can't find anything or anyone. I really don't understand it but it means that Eden can message me and we can see what adventures she's having so it's got to be worth it. Clark stayed at my Mums last night so we only had three children here which felt really weird. Unfortunately there was a party in the road round the corner from us with loud music and a fight broke out which spilled into our road so that kept us up until the early hours. Then I woke at 3-30 am and checked my emails to see if Eden had been in touch. She had, so Malc and I had a cup of tea and looked at them and replied. Cody also woke so he was looking at them with us. We went back to sleep and woke again at 9am. I've been fine, there have been a couple of times I've had to hold back tear but this morning one of Edens favorite bands, Imagine Dragon's came on singing one of their songs that I'm so use to hearing Eden sing and it was all to much. I indulged in a few tears sitting on my bed! She just seems so far away! I know she's safe and happy, I've had pictures of her playing a guitar on their front porch already but my "mummy head" is going to take a right bashing over the next couple of weeks I think. I feel such a fool as well, other mums seem to let their kids go anywhere and they don't seem to worry, don't want texts or contact but I find that strange. I feel like I can't talk to friends, they seem to think I'm over protective and worrying too much. I feel quite lonely and isolated with my thoughts and emotions at the moment. Hopefully tomorrow is another day and each day will get easier. Sorry to ramble and indulge in self pity, I just don't seem to have anywhere else to release my feelings
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  1. Admin11 August 2013 at 18:47

    Oh Bridget ((((hugs)))). I dont think any of us mums cope any better. I think some are just better at hiding it is all. I remember when Abi went to her first Soul Survivor camp for a week. I cried several times and she was only around 40 miles away!

    Im on facebook if you want to find me. (search for Carol Stanbury, Im the one with the scan picture)

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  2. Bridget11 August 2013 at 19:29

    Thanks Carol x
    Is Soul Survivor the christian camp? Eden was on about going to it. Her friends have just been to new wine, which I think is the same sort of thing.
    Off to look for you now xx

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  3. Sue in Suffolk11 August 2013 at 19:48

    Oh your poor thing, don't worry, she will have a whale of a time and a trip like that will give her courage to try all sorts of adventures. Our eldest was about 20 and at uni when she went on a work placement to Italy. Going from the airport to her hostel lodging the taxi driver dropped her in the wrong place and she rang us in tears. There was nothing we could do except to tell her to go into a cafe or shop and ask for help,and then later when she rang to say it was all OK - I said you got that sorted, just imagine what exciting things you will be able to cope with wherever you go. She has now traveled all over the world while working for Monsoon and Phase Eight and is so confident.

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  4. Bridget12 August 2013 at 11:30

    Thanks. You are so right. We had this when she went for a visit to Cardiff Uni. She was going with a classmate who didn't turn up, so she had to go by train on her own and change train three times. She was petrified but she did it. I don' t think I would have gone to America albeit with another family at 15 years old.. I've had a quick phone call amd a couple of emails so I do feel a bit better now .

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