@missdixy,
MissDixy
The first goodbye is the untested one and the most feared.
Write her a note putting down all the things you know you can't tell her face to face because she might react inappropriately.
In your note put all the loving things you remember, all she did for you as a mother and how you want to be a daughter she can be proud of - even if you have to follow your own dreams - because that is the kind of daughter she raised - a bright independent one.
She knows this already - I guarantee it. What can she do - stop loving you?
Ha if someone knew how to do that - our world would be simpler - turning off love... ha!
Leave the note for her when you pack your last backpack and slap on your most defiant hat and face..... kiss her and hug her and let the tears run if you need to....
Take care of yourself little one..... you are on your own..... (except for all your quasi parental types hanging here.....)
This might be fun going back to school along with you and your impressions...but that is selfish of me....I'm sure it has changed a great deal....but I think it is a nice thought for me to have on a Saturday...
You are going to meet friends - peers - who will open new vistas for you - think and dwell on all the positives. The rest don't matter because they vanish as you slay the dragons along the way!!