How's Everyone Doing? How did Move In Go?

milkandsugar
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:46:56 +0000

The first year for me was a little hard, my D is an only child as well. But once I got off the pity pot, I started focusing on myself. Got in touch with my creative/artistic side and started designing and making jewelry that people actually liked and started buying, so I have a very small jewelry business on the side. All of my energy went into creating a little business. I started to really enjoy my new found freedom. Free from the every minute parent worry about our kids. I forgot what it was like not worrying or parenting on a 24 hr basis. It gets easier as time goes by. But I must confess, when they come home again, I love it, but I see myself slipping back into parent mode and it is emotionally demanding. We just never realize how much our lives have changed because of our kids.
The only hard part is saying good bye again at the end of the summer. I always feel the immediate void. I get weepy as soon as we pull the car away from the curb.

Evolving, the one good thing is that you live in the burbs like we do. A few Sundays, we would drive in and take D out to dinner, just to check in and make sure things were ok. That was only during freshman year.