ITS MY TURN

I've spent my whole career getting other people's kids internships. Well its my turn.

Today I shipped my two sons off to Shanghai, China. One has an internship at a video production company, the other at a digital agency. Thanks to a good friend, my kids will have the summer of a lifetime. China, our heritage, interning for the first time, living alone in a service apt. My husband thinks its ridiculous that we're sending them halfway around the world. "Why couldn't they work in NY?" My relationships are stronger outside NY these days. My how life has changed.

The younger one will be there longer than the older one. Alone. On his own @ 17 in a foreign country. I'll miss his birthday. I'm nervous, I'm thrilled. I'm doing this to help boost his college apps but think it will be more of a lifelong experience. As parents we want to pour our hearts and souls in to our children's future. Is this too drastic?

They left today teens, but I know they will come back men. Grown, mature, not mine anymore. They haven't even landed in Shanghai yet but I miss them already. There's a hole in my heart knowing that the chicks have flown the coop ---- but the best is yet to come.