Who Knew An Empty Nest Could Be So Full?
You say goodbye either the evening after moving your progeny into their new digs or at some point the next morning. Either way- you are going to be sweaty, exhausted, sleep deprived and your nerves will be as fried as the potatoes in the school cafeteria. When we dropped our son off, I pictured a beautiful […]
Personally, I think different people have different reasons for fearing this stage of life but at the end of the day it really comes down to this: Change Most of us don’t really relish change, even when it is good and healthy and necessary. We would rather stay in the comfort zones we have created- […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about my friends who will soon be dropping kids off at college and what advice I’d give, especially to my oldest friend who will be making the trek to Tuscaloosa shortly. Here is what I came up with: It probably won’t go the way you think it will So […]
Can I help you pack? Are you counting down the days until your child leaves? I have a friend I’ll call Myrtle (names are being changed to protect the truly innocent). Her daughter, Penelope was making it really easy to send her off to State U… real, real easy. So easy in fact, that for […]