A Mother/Daughter Trip

Picture from our 2015 trip to Walt Disney World

My daughter and I are making one last trip to Disney World while she is still a child (well, at least in my eyes). She will graduate from high school in June and is planning to move to get ready for college shortly after. She and I made a trip to Disney World three years ago and we had such a wonderful time that I always wished we would get one more time to do this special trip together. Because of school schedules, work schedules, and life this is it and it couldn’t be more perfectly timed.

I have promised myself to be joyful in the coming months. I have done the job I set out for myself when she was born. I wanted to raise a child who would be a leader, a healer, and an awesome human being.  I have done what I could. I may not have been the perfect mom but I did my best. As she graduates I hope she knows that no matter what I did my best for her.

So, we are going to celebrate on this trip with lots of fun times and more stories to tell.

 

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  1. GARY says:

    Nice memories. Now your daughter is grown up and will soon be gradugradua ting from college . Congrats Mom…Job well done ! GARY

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so very much!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you!

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  2. What a sweet pic. We hope to go in a couple years with our kids.

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      This will be her 16th trip and my 20th. It is where they grew up vacationing every year. I am so glad we get to do this!

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      1. Wow! My kids still haven’t gone.. we better get on that.

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        1. koolaidmoms says:

          Each trip has been wonderfully different. We started when each were 16 months old and have gone at least once a year since then. 😉

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  3. foodzesty says:

    Have a great time!!! So sweet!! 🙂

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you!

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  4. Megala says:

    Have a wonderful time with your daughter ! I wish you could bring back sweeter memories than ever !!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so much! I plan on holding them all in my heart!

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  5. Erika Kind says:

    I understand you so well, Marci! We don’t mind at all that our kids are growing up and how they get to manage their life more and more without us. That is what we want to achieve and what is our purpose in raising kids. But once a mother, always a mother. it holds a sweet melancholy. Yesterday, I went for a wedding dress with my daughter and two of her friends for my daughter. Special goosebumps moments in all ways!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Awe, I look forward to those days too. Each new step is a new adventure.

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      1. Erika Kind says:

        You say it! Only because they are grown doesn’t mean the magic has stopped 😊

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  6. mistimaan says:

    Loved the picture 🙂

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thanks!

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  7. This is so sweet. It is nice knowing there is another great human being out in the world now, thanks to you. We need more of this. Have a fun time at Disney World…wish I were there. Looks like a blast.

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so very much!

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  8. Beautiful post and picture!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you!

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  9. Scruff says:

    Great story! Being the best parent you can be is all you can do! So well done to you and I hope you guys go absolutely nuts at Disneyland!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so very much!

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  10. K E Garland says:

    Awww best of luck to you and her. This is a great idea. I did something similar last year for my daughter. We took a road trip to the West Florida beaches because we’d never seen them. It was a great memory, so I understand the sentiment here.

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you!

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  11. stop sending me emails

    On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 6:03 AM, What’s for Dinner Moms? wrote:

    > koolaidmoms posted: ” Picture from our 2015 trip to Walt Disney World My > daughter and I are making one last trip to Disney World while she is still > a child (well, at least in my eyes). She will graduate from high school in > June and is planning to move to get ready for c” >

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

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      1. koolaidmoms says:

        Also, check your reader section. Under followed sites go to Manage. Check the settings to see if you have approved email each time someone posts. You can turn it off by moving the button to gray. You have to do this for each sight you follow. If the problem is here I cannot change it as it is something you chose when setting up your blog.

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  12. syl65 says:

    Have a fantastic time and you’ll be creating so new wonderful memories together! I’m sure you have done awesomely in raising her, Marci! 😊

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so very much, Sylvester!

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      1. syl65 says:

        You’re very welcome! 😊

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  13. A fun and exciting time! You are a great mom

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so very much, Lynn! Coming from you that means so very much to me!

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  14. How fun and bittersweet. I hope you two have a wonderful time!

    Will daughter get a new pair of ears? I wonder if there is a new pair out for 2018? I only have the old original ears packed away somewhere that are ever so old now. 🙂

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      She actually made and brought 10 pair! She is hoping to find graduation ears this trip.

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      1. I hope she finds a pair! Did she make the pair in the photo of you two? I seem to recall we had a short dialogue about her ears before…now that you mentioned she made 10 pairs of ears. Didn’t we? 🙂 My mind is like a sieve sometimes.
        These ears look like the real deal! I have no doubt she could make a pair representing her graduation.

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  15. ADisneyWorldAdventurer says:

    My first trip ever to Walt Disney World was a mother daughter trip, most amazing and special trip I ever had because it was with my mom. She started my passion for all things Disney. Love your post and that you got to experience such a special vacation as well!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so much! Like yours sounds it truly was an amazing trip.

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