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Hasta La Vista, Baby!

July 20, 2010 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

We've been talking about this for weeks (maybe months) so the actual day came as no surprise. Adam has been planning to move to Redding, California. (There's a girl up there….of course.)

Adam's 24 and has moved out (and come back home) a few times already, but he's never gone quite this far.

Redding is 592 miles from Mission Viejo. Not an easy day trip, by any means.

Screen shot 2010-07-20 at 6.27.01 AM 

Yesterday was the day.

He packed up all his worldly possessions onto his little truck.

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Stephanie (The Girl) flew down to accompany him on the drive up.

Blogosphere, meet Stephanie. Stephanie, blogosphere.

Steph & adam 

And off they went.

Truck 

But not before I had the chance to remind him of a few dozen things, including:

  • Text me. But don't text while you're driving.
  • Go slow. There's no hurry.
  • Hydrate! Take lots of water bottles.
  • Don't forget to floss.
  • Call your mother!
  • Make good choices.

 

Adam & me

God bless you, my son. I'll miss you terribly. Godspeed.

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  1. Ody Fabregas says

    July 20, 2010 at 6:50 am

    Marta,You’ve done good my friend. (You and Eric both) Thank you for the example to let go and let God. He’s had a good foundation.
    Beso!!!

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  2. Melek says

    July 20, 2010 at 7:05 am

    Wow Martica!Ditto on Ody’s comment. Best of luck to Adam and Stephanie … 🙂
    I wish you well 🙂 Melek
    “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

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  3. [email protected] says

    July 20, 2010 at 9:31 am

    It is not that far! My 19 yr. old daughter goes to school in Corona, California and we live in Cape Coral, Florida which is 2200 miles away from her Cuban-American mom. We cried almost everyday for the first 3 months. She sliced her finger open, had to go to the hospital and posted the picture on Facebook! I almost fainted! But really, technology helps, Gracias a Dios. Now us Cuban moms can parent while we use these methods of communication. In September, she is going from Corona to Germany and Europe for 3 months, now this is really far and the thought of it gives me shills up and down my spine. LOL <3 Maggy

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  4. keb says

    July 23, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    oh honey – reading this put tears in my eyes. well, let’s see what TPWRTU will do w/ this… deep sigh

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  5. Marta M. Darby says

    July 25, 2010 at 5:52 pm

    Thank you all for the comforting words. I appreciate being able to share these moments with you all.Besos,
    Marta

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  6. Mailyn says

    July 26, 2010 at 8:33 am

    Awwwhhhh…I have no words, Marta!I second Ody’s comments. He will be just fine -you guys have raised a very fine young man.
    But I feel your pain…

    Reply

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