Hanging On and Letting Go

Well today has me feeling some added stress.  For the past two years I have been chairman of the Serve-It-Up dinner for the girls volleyball booster club.  It is an evening that gathers all the players and their parents to meet coaches, learn about the program, enjoy a meal, and most importantly... collect money and volunteers for the coming year.  This year will be my daughter's last year since she is a senior.  So in an effort to help those that come after, this year I have found a replacement for myself and have been sharing any and all knowledge about how to pull this event off without a hitch.  Now before I continue, let me give you a bit of background information about me.  I'm a bit anal (not the having to do with the anus definition, but the obsessive, controlled one).  I have a really hard time letting go of the reins.  Flashback some 12 years... wonderful Christmas scene, carols playing, family enjoying hot cocoa while decorating the tree.  My beautiful, helpful children ages 5 and 2 are putting ornaments on the tree.  Me?  Oh, I'm standing aside practicing my calming breaths as my husband is snickering to himself because he knows it is KILLING me that the ornaments are all on the front of the tree and only about 3 feet high.  Oh, I managed to praise them and give lots of hugs and kisses about all their help, but guess who was up after their bedtime redecorating the tree?  Yeah, that was me.  Teaching over the years has encouraged me to let go (some), to know that it doesn't have to be perfect and most importantly it is usually the process, not the product.  That is where all the great memories come from. 
Sounds good right, like I have learned my lessons well, oh sure, until something that has been my baby for the past two years is now out of my control.  Now, I chose my replacement well, I have every confidence in her, I really do!  But, how do I really let go?  And truthfully, if balloons aren't there, or we don't have enough ice for the water, is it really going to be the end of the world?  No, definitely not, I do know that.  I'm practicing a new mantra these days, "It is what it is."  Well, I'm saying that with lots of deep calming breaths...