Home alone
I was talking to friends, really lovely friends, who have been through this phase of children leaving home and they have shared stories of being in tears as they waved their off-spring goodbye.
The year my last child leaves home (ps I'm a single parent)
My mind and heart are so full of my last child leaving home, I can but write about it to help me (and maybe you?) make sense of what this transition means ..
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Young people - multi-generational relationships
I woke up yesterday with a realisation; when son leaves home, I will have substantially reduced contact with his generation.Thanks for reading The year my last child leaves home (ps I'm a single parent)!
Sunday trading
I remember when Sunday trading came in.
Cutting the apron strings and flying the nest
Aaargh!
Maiden, mother, crone
According to Jung, the archetypal phases of a woman’s life are: The young girl, the virgin, the child who will inevitably become a mother and when the mother role ends, we are hurtling into crone.Thanks for reading The year my last child leaves home (ps I'm a single parent)!
And while we are talking about shame (and grief)
or were last week
I'm going to have all this extra time
I’m going to have all this extra time.
Politics at 18
Son got this on his 18th birthday.
No parties, just screens
When I turned 18 my grandma gave me money for a party.
Flower rituals
Every year, since the boys were born, on their birthdays I have been into the garden and picked seasonal flowers to lay a place for them at the table and to put in a vase.