…I am an empty nester now what?…
I admit, own, and envelope the fact that I am a sensitive individual. Some would refer and categorize me as overly sensitive. And okay, I buy that. It s always how I have been. However, aside from that, I have always had compassion for pretty much everyone, even those I don t particularly like. What I don t [ ]
This year I said to heck with the yearly New Years resolutions. I have great intentions. I never keep them. There’s a lot of self-loathing, and it becomes this mess. So my supervisor at work suggested and shared this cool link about adopting a word for 2023- instead of making those abysmal, hard to [ ]
Popping Popcorn, mom baking bread. The sound of Dad’s Muzak. The sounds of my sons piano playing wafting through the house. Talking into the wee hours of night with my mom. Hearing my husband say “I have an idea!” And me so excited to hear what it is. the smell of Aquavelva and cigarettes. Hearing [ ]
I think for me as a mother night time is the hardest in regards to all of this. We as mothers sleep the best when our little chicks are home. When we hear the door open, the shuffle of feet, the dropping of the backpacks, the closing of the door, and the trudging down the [ ]
I just want to tell all of you parents with freshmen that are moving to the dorms “ it’s going to be OK” I promise you everything‘s going to work out. I really wish I had “ this is going to be OK wine to send to all of you” This is a big [ ]
I always wanted four kids so I wouldn’t be so devastated and heartbroken when the first one left the nest. That’s not the way it worked for us we were part of the one and done club. So all of our “firsts” we’re also all of our “lasts”. But my thinking is that regardless of [ ]
My mom and only surviving parent was diagnosed with cancer in late 2020 during the pandemic. We couldn’t see her until vaccines had been sorted and administered, once vaccinated I joined my sister as caregivers until her death in late 2021. During this time my kid accompanied me on those trips to my mom’s and [ ]
In the beginning, many many years ago, we embarked upon building a family. When we brought our tiny bundle of joy home all we could focus on was the next feeding, the next diaper change, and making sure we didn t break our kid. We weren’t thinking ahead no sirree Bob. We were not thinking [ ]
And so now its just me and him. This time has been harder.