Six good reasons why our empty nest can claim a silver lining
As abruptly as our couple status turned quadruple some 19 years ago, we are now destined to return to a duo’s life in the home we bought to raise a family.
As abruptly as our couple status turned quadruple some 19 years ago, we are now destined to return to a duo’s life in the home we bought to raise a family.
I watched the bright-red truck roll away. A piece of my heart rolled away with it. My last child was leaving school. Just four days after my first.
While we’re all still intact, we have to make the very most of it. And live each day to the full. And say I love you to those who matter while we can.
I, their mother, have ten more months to welcome my kids home from school. I shall smile and make the most of them.
Mothers dry tears, they comfort, they encourage. They do not shout “Hold up! This kinda sucks too!” I’m not even sure we are permitted to think it.