Category: Empty-Nest
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Out with the old…
I’m recovering from surgery. It’s slow going, but now I have all the time in the world to read. And I remember… I love it.
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The “stuff” of memories and place
We’ve got plans to try a slightly different version of life, sometime soon. A digital nomad version. First, we have to sort out all the stuff we’ve accumulated in the last 30 years. Easier said than done.
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Oh, here I am…Empty nesting is a chance at rediscovery
The kids are out of the house and off to uni and adulthood. My parenting job is done. Suddenly, I feel like a whole new me.
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Life lessons from Spain – Embracing change and new found independence
It’s been a month – a whole month – since I returned from swanning around Spain. Almost a distant memory, but I’m currently sorting out my hundreds of photos and thinking about how nice life would be if we could just sit around drinking sangria in the sun, eating tapas, all day.
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Embracing Freedom: Escaping to Bali and Redefining Indulgence
We dashed off to Bali for a long weekend. It felt like indulgence to me, but maybe that’s just the taste of freedom that will take a little getting used to?
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Flown the Coop – The nest is half empty
Last week our eldest child flew the coop. Empty nester stage looms large. But that nomenclature annoys me. I’m renaming it Graduated, and thinking of parenting as flight school, instead.
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The times they are a changing…
This week our eldest child graduated from high school. There are still a set of exams to complete, but formal schooling is done and dusted. It is a momentous milestone in the life of any child. But it’s also a pretty huge “WTF??” for us. You don’t really notice time passing. You just notice the…
Midlife Unpacked 