Already Missing Her!

So I am preparing for my mom and dad to visit this evening. I am cleaning the house, doing laundry, and *pause* (insert sniffle) packing up dd #2's suitcase. She will be spendinng a week or two with mimi and poppy so I can paint the walls. I am watching her play right now and she seems so excited to be leaving me (I know I am being dramatic!) She just finished zipping up her suitcase and managed to lift the case off the kitchen table. She's only four but already so determined. What will it be like when she is older stepping away from us to embark upon her own life, start her own family, assert independence. It's all a bit overwhelming. I love that she is so happy. I think it is fantastic that she loves spending time with her grandparents. I suppose I just wish she would afford me the knowledge that she will miss me. *pause* (searching for tissues).