Fly, Babies, Fly
There is no prouder moment than when your children take off on their own. Pair this with If You Love Somebody Set Them Free by Sting.
It is about them. That is what she keeps reminding herself. It is about them making their way into the world, into places beyond her reach, into freedom, into rash decisions and mistakes. They will come back. It might seem like an eternity, and their experience will have changed them. But she will take what she can get. What else can she do? She could realize her life is not over. Make the most of it, just as she would want them to. But there is no time. After all there was no line at the restroom.
Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.
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