What kid doesn’t dream about gumballs or hamburgers or mouthwatering ice cream treats falling from the sky? Those dreams come to 3-D life in “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” a new animated release by Columbia Pictures.
It’s a beautiful approach to parenting, “Give your child roots to feel secure and wings to allow them to fly.” Yet, the wings part can be tough on a parent.
As proud as we may be of our children, it’s tough to watch them leave our protective care and venture on their own. In incremental steps, children are learning daily to leave the nest and set off on their own life journey.
Those many steps, as they gradually pull away from us and slowly strap on the wings, can tug at our hearts. In our family, some of the recent steps have included a week away from home for our oldest daughter, Marisa, during a summer service program, a horse camp for Chiana and Alicia, and sometime in the very near future, a big one, a driver’s license for now 16-year-old Marisa.
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