2、ngputsherchildrenintobed.Assheturnsoffthelastofthenightlight,shetakesonelastlookatthebedroomandsays,“Dearnightlights,protectmysleepingchildren.”Asamother,Iknowhowmuchshelovesherchildren.It has been several weeks since we took our daughter to college and she seems to be adjustingwellaft
3、erashortperiodofhomesickness.Forus,though,it’sanotherstory.Like most parents, I love checking in on my children at night. But now she’s gone, and I find nighttimes the hardest. I miss her most at night.In my neighborhood, most of the parents whose kids are off to college aredealing wit
4、h similar melancholy. My husband is filled with anxiety. One friend talked about getting this sick feelinginher stomach as she prepared for the college dropoff. We complained that many of us were toobusy to truly enjoy being with our childrenwhile we had them.For us moms, seeing Toy St
5、ory 3 only made the sadness worse as we watched the character Andy, who is the same age as our kids, say goodbye to his childhood as he prepares to leave for college.And it’s not just “first-time”parents like me. Two moms who have kids already well into college said the separation didn
6、’t get any easier.You feel like something has been taken away from inside you,” said one of them.Iimaginethingswillgeteasierwithtime,especiallyasIseemydaughteradjusttocollegelife.Meanwhile,asIkeepmycellphoneclosetomeinbedandtextmydaughtergoodnightandsweetdreamseverynight,Iliketothinkth
7、atmessagesserveasanightlightthatkeepshersafe.21.ThewriterwasdeeplyimpressedbythesceneinPeterPanbecause________.A. she watched the scene with her daughterB. the scene was very exciting and interestingC. the scene taught her and her daughter a good lessonD.thesceneshowedamother’sdeeplo
