Birthday Wishes

There’s a certain oddity in celebrating birthdays when the birthday person isn’t actually around, but that’s kind of how things go when kids get older and become adults and start moving away.

We’ve been technically empty-nesters since late August, though in all the upheaval it has hardly felt like it. Too many other things to focus on. But now that our corner of the world is calming down a bit we can start to look around and realize these sorts of things are happening.

It’s Lauren’s birthday today.

She’s off at Main Campus University and by all accounts having a good time there – we got to see her briefly yesterday when we dropped off some stuff for her, and that was a lovely thing. The next time we’ll get to see her for more than just a few minutes will probably be around Thanksgiving, though she doesn’t get much time off for that to be honest so who knows. We know she’s there, and we know she’s well.

So whatever celebrations are happening are happening up at Main Campus University. We’ll be here, though, wishing her well.

Happy birthday, Lauren.

I’m proud of you.