This season of my life feels very different than I thought it would. My husband and I might actually be "empty nesters" but our kids still are a big part of our lives. It's not a bad thing, but just when I thought I was going to have more time to do the things I thought I would always do "when the kids are gone" they just don't seem to be happening. So when people ask me how it feels to have all the kids out of the house, I really don't know how to answer. Sometimes, it feels really quiet and lonely. Occasionally, I am excited to have the house ro myself or to not have to hide my leftovers. And sometimes it feels the same as when they were here. But what I do feel is I am Mom. Still. Mom. Our oldest son and his wife just went to India to work for 6 months. The other side of the world. I have "talked" to them just as much (maybe a little more) this past week as when they were here, 10 minutes away. I am still Mom. Our second son, the Ai...
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