I started this blog as a way to process my oldest son leaving for college, but I am forever intrigued by the layers of the mom dynamic. My mom died when I was 25, and since Mother's Day was yesterday, she is understandably on my mind. All of this that I'm going through would have been a milestone for her too in some ways. I would've loved to hear her share how she felt when I lived in Brazil as an exchange student for a year, and how it felt the same or different when I headed off to SoCal for college. I know she missed me; I know she was excited for me...what did she do to help herself? She was certainly a rock for me.