Comments on: The Empty Nest

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:53:14 +0000

In reply to Carol Thompson. ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:52:40 +0000

In reply to Sharon. Awesome! ❤️

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:11:35 +0000

You pretty much know my situation…two kids, daughter in Seattle, son in Philly. Parents both deceased, birth parents both deceased, FIL deceased. I stay here now for my almost 76 year old MIL. I’ve not met all my (still) living half siblings face to face, but stay in touch with them through FB, phone, text. My kids were my world, my heart, my joy, my pride. I was devastated by the empty nest. I have adjusted though and now try to visit each child once a year. This is life. This is how it’s supposed to be. I raised them to LIVE life, to be independent and self-sufficient. How could I be upset with the way they have thrived as adults? I’m not, but I sure do miss seeing them face to face. I find other things to occupy my time and energy, and have finally realized that this is MY life, too. One so pre-occupied with kids and their lives, I forgot to live my own. I got a lot of catching up to do! So, a trip to Cleveland to meet up with my half-sister in August is in the works, a trip Seattle booked in December, and a cruise to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, and Jamaica booked for next May. Let’s do this 🙂

By: Carol Thompson

Carol Thompson — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:24:21 +0000

Circumstances brought me to Arizona. My oldest son has a traumatic brain injury and lives in a group home here. I’m his legal guardian. I have another son and his family here also, but my daughter is in Colorado. My mom is in her 80s and lives in Nebraska. She wants me to be closer, I only see her maybe once a year. So I am torn between many places. That’s why I’m planning on getting an RV soon and living in it full time, so I can see everyone more regularly. I also have a sister in Texas and my best friend in Georgia, so many people and places to visit.

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:45:57 +0000

In reply to Melba Robinson. ❤️

By: Ginny McKinney

Ginny McKinney — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:45:09 +0000

In reply to Judith Thomas. It’s so difficult to miss those things. I moved because Colorado had become way too expensive for me and West Virginia is so much mor “home” to me. Here’s to finding peace within this “new normal”. ❤️

By: Judith Thomas

Judith Thomas — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 12:13:21 +0000

My daughter, my only child, and her family moved from Alabama to Northern California due to her husband’s job. This took away our 11 and 8 year old grandchildren that lived by us all their lives. We have and still are devastated. Due to work commitments and elderly parents we can’t visit that often. They have kid dance and school commitments as well. Plus it is quite costly to fly to California. We just missed, for the first time ever, their dance recitals. Daily struggles. Trying to see the blessing. Looking for a new normal.

By: Melba Robinson

Melba Robinson — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 11:58:08 +0000

There were 8 children in my family, two have passed.For we all live very far apart, not only in distant but body and soul as well. I have a sister i had not seen in 20 yrs until two year ago we met at our brother’s Memorial service. Just a long story. Thank goodness my children are near.
Hugs to you.