Category Archives: Empty Nesters
Feeling parental
My 23 year old daughter not do to anything she did, was all of a sudden having to get an apartment by herself 2 hours away from home. She has a job and a boyfriend, and didn’t want to leave either of them. She will be living alone in her own [...]
Holidays
This last weekend was the fourth of July. It was the first time in our marriage that we did absolutely nothing. It was a tough transition for me. I am use to having the big kids over, seeing fireworks, having friends over for a barbeque etc. but none of that happend this [...]
Empty Nesters
My daughter was home visiting after she had graduated from college. She was talking about looking forward to her new life and all that it would bring. As she was talking it occured to me that this is really it. This is what you are a parent for, to bring your [...]
Kids are gone, what now?
How many of you are looking forward to your last child leaving your home. For some it will be great and they will move forward, but for some it can be a very tough transition. When we live our lives as someone’s mother, and our identity is attached to that label then what [...]