Mourning the Loss of Parenting, and the Grief of the Empty Nest The first year empty nest hit, I think I counted each and every day “since he left for college.” “He’s been gone two months and three days.” Then it was, “Five months and 17 days.” Then maybe, at around the nine month mark, …
Having Problems Talking to Your Grown Children? Need advice on how to talk to your adult children? This post from Christine Field originally appeared on her site, Real Mom Life. When your child was three years old, you had one way to communicate. Due to their immaturity, chances are you were more directive and direct …
Catherine DeCenzo is a hilarious tale-teller who can be found writing over at Cat’s Out of the Bag. I recently watched a very touching video of a woman standing in front of her book club reading excerpts from a book on letting go of children as they journey into adulthood. Tissues came out, tears welled up …
For more middle-aged child rearing and marriage humor from Leslie find her at agingersnapped.com. This post was originally featured there. I was lying in my bathtub this morning when my husband came flying in with his usual sense of urgency. “Do we own a net?” “A net?” “Yes! A Net!” “No, but put it on the …
It has been a 2 year dry spell for me. I lost my muse, and everything I started writing about seemed unimportant as I wafted around in cyber limbo. After having gone through one of the most important, stressful events in my life – a move out of my home of 21 years, the wells have …
