Guilty Chocoholic Mama Mom of a Young Adult By Elizabeth Spencer
‘You’re always counting down to the next time they come home for a visit.’
You might be the mom of a young adult if…
When they call, you put them on speakerphone and hover around your cell like you’re a kid in the 1930s and they’re Little Orphan Annie. Hearing their voice changes your whole day for the better, and if you close your eyes when you’re on the phone with them, it’s almost as if they’re right there with you.
You get alerts from Indeed for jobs in their field within a 25-mile radius of you.
Your favorite shirt is from a campus bookstore.
When they come home for the weekend, you make the special-occasion homemade cinnamon rolls, of course. You sleep with your cell phone beside your bed, with the notifications on “just in case.”
You’re always counting down to the next time they come home for a visit.
You have bite marks on your tongue from all the things you didn’t say.
‘You sleep with your cell phone beside your bed, with the noti - fications on “just in case.’
110 SPOTLIGHT MAGAZINE ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • VOL 23 ISSUE 5 Their college town or city of residence is one of your saved locations on your weather app.
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