Now she's bracing for the moment when her son, a senior at Leon High School, leaves. I would not even go into her room to clean. There were too many memories in her room. There are still times I do cry, but I know it's for the best. You have to let go.
Holidays are among the hardest times.
And Mother's Day and my birthday. And of her son, Andres, who plans to go to college in Georgia. Yet, in another way, she's dreading the day when he, too, leaves. You spend 18 years with them, then suddenly, they're gone. Mom Lis Blacklock shares that feeling.