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Double Sad When Kids Leave
posted over 4 years ago, updated 6 minutes later by DrCarin | 1 comment
When the kids leave for college, we miss them, of course. We no longer get to hear them complain about their teachers or about us. We don't have to lend them the car. We don't have to chauffeur them around and have those intense, 15-minute drive-b...
Setting (Family) Boundaries
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 minute later by DrCarin | 12 comments
Where is that line, that vital but invisible line, that divides our children's dependent childhood from their independent adulthood? Is there even such a line? Or will our children always be, well, our children??
Clearly, the line is not apparent...
Clearly, the line is not apparent...
How Boring Are We?
posted over 4 years ago by DrCarin | 2 comments
The very first thing you notice after all the children leave home is the quiet. It's just Really Quiet. The house is almost completely noiseless--no matter how many yippy, barking dogs you may have. (I've only got one, but she's a Bark-a-Lot Dog.)...
EN Birthday Blues
posted over 4 years ago by DrCarin | 1 comment
In our house, early winter means lots of birthdays, so I've been thinking a lot lately about the blessings of birthdays. I don't enjoy it when my children are far from home, and I can't celebrate their birthday on the right day; on the other hand,...
Are We Wise Yet???
posted over 4 years ago by DrCarin | 2 comments
This is only somewhat related to the empty nest, but it's important for those of us whose children are gone. We need to wrap our minds around the idea that while we may be older, we aren't necessarily wiser. . .
Young folks--our own children even...
Young folks--our own children even...
Empty Nest Limbo Time
posted over 4 years ago, updated 3 minutes later by DrCarin | 1 comment
Real Life Interlude... and BEYOND THE MOMMY YEARS material...
This is an odd time of year, especially for new Empty Nesters, and those of us with college-aged children. Most of us have had the pleasure of at...
This is an odd time of year, especially for new Empty Nesters, and those of us with college-aged children. Most of us have had the pleasure of at...
Thankful Thanksgiving is Over!
posted over 4 years ago by DrCarin | 1 comment
The turkey's been hacked at, eaten, and left-over-ed in the fridge, the good china and flatware has been washed and put away. Even the linen napkin that at least one guest used in lieu of tissue (ew!) has been washed and folded and stored. The rud...
The New Meaning of "Sandwich Generation"
posted over 4 years ago by DrCarin | 2 comments
We all know what the term "sandwich generation" means: it means being a Boomer, and having to take care of almost-grown children while also taking on responsibility for aging-parent care. We're the baloney caught in the middle. This is only if we'...
Get Ready for Refilling of the Nest!
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 5 hours later by DrCarin | 1 comment
It's that time of year again. A time when our quiet and empty nest suddenly spills over, and all of our wandering children--the ones in college, the ones who work, the ones who are 'taking time off,' whatever--make their way home during the next f...
In an Empty Nest Funk: Missing My Daughter
posted over 4 years ago by DrCarin | 1 comment
I'm trying to practice what I preach: but, sometimes, that proves to be difficult.
See, while I'm pontificating on Radio and Television about my book,BEYOND THE MOMMY YEARS, how great it is for moms when their children leave home, I'm actually re...
See, while I'm pontificating on Radio and Television about my book,BEYOND THE MOMMY YEARS, how great it is for moms when their children leave home, I'm actually re...
