Appreciating the Moment
Summary: After 20 years of living with his father, his son decided it was time to move away and go on his own journey in life. Although, it wasn't the easiest thing in the world to do both the son and father knew this day would come. They began packing his car early and worked into the afternoon when the Sunday baseball game came on and they're home team was playing, his son wanted to watch the rest of the game with his dad before he left because he wanted to spend as much time as he could with him before he had to leave. While watching the game the moment became less sad because they were doing something they had always done together, the game was an exciting one and made the day neither of them thought would be wonderful was. As the game came to an end it was time for the son to leave, but the dad had enjoyed the time he had with his son and realized the day he thought would be full of sadness, wasn't, it was also joyful. He felt that it was a gift and these types of gifts are ones that cannot be planned, a gift that was meant to appear and disappear, just as his son drove off that afternoon to experience a new chapter in his life.
Response: I understand the position the father was in when his son leaves and how he feels because he will miss him. Not too long ago one of my cousins that I was extremely close with left to join the National Guard and it was a hard experience letting him go so it is completely understandable as to why it was hard for him to see his son go. Although, he would miss his son he let him go to see the world and gain experiences and that's exactly what we did with my cousin. Missing someone and letting them go isn't an easy thing to do, but knowing that you will see them again is what's comforting about the whole situation.
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