tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201036437468822838.post6616101189313357075..comments2023-10-30T10:29:21.689-05:00Comments on My Life in Contradictions: Off you go now!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201036437468822838.post-62729059140011753812012-01-17T09:35:13.126-06:002012-01-17T09:35:13.126-06:00Mark makes a really good point. I know my first ye...Mark makes a really good point. I know my first year away from home, back in the olden days, I talked to my parents maybe once a month by phone and wrote a letter a little less often, if they were lucky. Now, I hear from my away-from-home oldest two on an almost daily basis. <br /><br />I'm with you, though, and was all along. I don't know if that makes me unsentimental or just practical, but to me, the goal was always to produce independent functioning people to send out into the world, so I couldn't help celebrating a little with each milestone. I still sometimes get a little twinge of missing the teeny babies or adorable toddlers they were, but I'm definitely not sitting around mourning. ;)<br /><br />I know this is probably more in-depth than you meant to get, but I think sometimes the "empty nest" issue has to do with how much a mom has going on for herself, inside herself, etc. My kids were always my <i>main</i> focus, but they were never my <i>only</i> focus. I think it makes a huge difference in all sorts of ways.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201036437468822838.post-24351234425455949172012-01-15T21:41:19.200-06:002012-01-15T21:41:19.200-06:00The modern world of technology, allows us to keep ...The modern world of technology, allows us to keep in such better touch. When my oldest went of to college, our communication improved, even though we were eight hours apart by car.Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.com