Last year, as we all gathered around to sing Happy Birthday to my oldest child on his 18th birthday, all I could think about was, "What about next year? What will I do? How is he going to have his Birthday Donut?"
One year has flown by and tomorrow is the day. He is in his first year of college and living in his dorm room. I can't worry about the hows of everything happening anymore. I have to face how everything is.
I won't see him tomorrow, but he will be on my mind.
I won't stand before him to sing Happy Birthday in person, but I will call.
And I won't be there to put 19 candles on his Birthday Donut, but they will wait.....
Nice capture of what was in your mind and heart today.