Getting over the 'Empty Nest Syndrome'

great_lakes_mom
Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:20:57 +0000

Yes, I’m planning the dinner for the numerous couples I know who are in that position. All married, as are most of my friends. We’ve shared many phases, as we continue the process.

Been thinking about that topic of single parents being different, though, and the capacity for at home intimacy that is lost when kids move out. Obnoxious or not, they’re part of us, and it is a fulfilling piece of human existence, like nothing else. If married, there is that left, if on another level. Single, I have other ways to find all sorts of levels of companionship, but it ain’t family.

latetoschool, sometimes tears come when deeply affected, obviously for more than just me. It’s ok to cry on occasion. Time of transition, it will pass. I will hold your appealing image of a bright clean shiny canvas on which to paint a new life. I’ve always been good at making things colorful and interesting, and that won’t change.