Posted by thuso on January 31, 2006, at 17:06:11
In reply to Empty Nesters?, posted by Glydin on January 31, 2006, at 8:29:48
> I would post this on Parenting but it's a little dead and echoey over there.
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> I seek words of wisdom and coping from those who have make it through the process.
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> I thought putting on the school bus at 5 years old was hard. I thought taking and leaving her at college was hard. I thought her moving back home from college was hard. Now, she fully grown and striking out on her own and this too is hard and difficult and bittersweet. It feels like the end of the journey. A journey that has been good and difficult and filled with laughter and tears. Our best work. She's my only child.
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> I know I'm blessed. I know this is a good transition. But, good transitions can be very difficult nonetheless.
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> Advice, encouragement, tissues, prehaps a hug?You may assume that you are now an empty nester, but it still might not be the case. Take me for example. Went off to college (brother was still in H.S.)...graduated college...brother then moved out...2 weeks later, I moved in to try and find a job....2 years later I moved out to go back to school...2 years later, I moved back in to find a job...3 months later, my brother moved back in because he lost his job...the plan now is to move out this spring after getting a good amount of money in savings from my new job. Who knows what will happen next. hahaha! ;-) And my parent's neighbor just had their daughter move in with her husband for a couple years so that they could save cash to buy a house.
I'm telling you...all you parents who think you are empty nesters, may not be quite yet. If no child moves back in over a 5 year period...then you can consider yourself an empty nester. hahaha!
The funniest part...as soon as I graduated H.S. (my brother was in 8th grade), my parents got a personalized license plate that said "Empty Nest". They were dying for the day to come...and 10 years later, my brother and I are still in the house. HAHAHAHAHA! Joke's on them!
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