tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post8505404635450856255..comments2023-11-03T08:03:15.599-05:00Comments on Killer Fiction: Emptying the Nest...Kathy Bacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07549844839816876766noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-7968630206498493142012-05-16T17:15:32.777-05:002012-05-16T17:15:32.777-05:00Robin, I launched my children a few years ago and ...Robin, I launched my children a few years ago and it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I remember thinking I couldn't wait for them to grow up. And it seem to happen overnight. Now I can't wait for them to come home for visits. I guess one day I'll get use to the idea of being an empty nester. <br /><br />JackieKelly.comJacki Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535542716208584049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-48839302387207786082012-05-16T17:15:17.299-05:002012-05-16T17:15:17.299-05:00Robin, I launched my children a few years ago and ...Robin, I launched my children a few years ago and it was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. I remember thinking I couldn't wait for them to grow up. And it seem to happen overnight. Now I can't wait for them to come home for visits. I guess one day I'll get use to the idea of being an empty nester. <br /><br />JackieKelly.comJacki Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535542716208584049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-74311876442384459382012-05-15T21:25:28.776-05:002012-05-15T21:25:28.776-05:00@ Krisgils--I know how you feel, when my youngest ...@ Krisgils--I know how you feel, when my youngest got independent, I had a hard time figuring out who I was again. I'd spent so many years with three kids, taking care of all of them, I forgot Robin :) That's when I started writing. <br /><br />@ Terri-I'm excited for him and I know he'll love Idaho but I hate that he's going to be so far. Sigh...<br /><br />@ Catslady - Good luck--I hope for your sake your daughter sticks close to home. At least I have the other two home for a few more years.<br /><br />@ Brandy--Wow, you have them spread out. My eldest and youngest are 4 years apart with one in the middle. What was I thinking?Robin Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16262933225938609682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-21813548098863174382012-05-15T15:28:30.896-05:002012-05-15T15:28:30.896-05:00My oldest is seventeen, but has two more years of ...My oldest is seventeen, but has two more years of H.S.. left. I have no idea what I'll do when the time comes for her to leave. Probably freak out. Luckily, I'll still have her brother at home who is younger by seven years. *g*Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738504696243512495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-84207085295798553842012-05-15T13:26:17.264-05:002012-05-15T13:26:17.264-05:00It is extremely hard. What helped me the most was ...It is extremely hard. What helped me the most was I have had at least one daughter (of two) living nearby. They are 28 and 25 now. Both had gone away to college (but different times). One moved even farther away for a while but came back and got married. Unfortunately it didn't last. She is in the process of selling her house which is nearby and after thinking this is where she was going to stay, it's all up in the air again. I can only hope!catsladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375770995988927860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-88503890086040119772012-05-15T10:40:42.573-05:002012-05-15T10:40:42.573-05:00Hugs on watching the boy become a man. My daughter...Hugs on watching the boy become a man. My daughter will be 13 this summer and I'm still wondering when the heck that happened.<br /><br />She goes to her dad's every summer for 10 weeks (shorter this year) so I have an empty nest once a year. I used to drop her off and cry for the first hour of the drive home. Still miss her like crazy, but less water works now. <br /><br />I don't like thinking about the day she moves out for good.Terri Osburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-29378012768340083332012-05-15T08:20:22.180-05:002012-05-15T08:20:22.180-05:00My daughter just turned 10 and while I celebrate h...My daughter just turned 10 and while I celebrate her growing independence, I wish the days she truly needed me had been longer.krisgils33https://www.blogger.com/profile/06971511383288530885noreply@blogger.com