Have you ever felt a combination of happy, sad, and excited at the same time? That’s how I feel, because my husband and I are officially empty-nesters. My youngest son got his first apartment, and although I was happy for him, I was sad for me.
As he drove off, I stood at the door waving and blowing him kisses and crying like a baby. I sat down at my desk trying to compose myself and realized how dreadfully quiet it was.
About two minutes later, I heard a car in the driveway. He came back in the house and said, “Do you want to play a game mom?” He hates the game that I love, so that started me crying all over again. After beating me soundly (at the game!), he left again with me waving and blowing kisses at the door … again.
The reason I am excited is that now I will have a larger guest room/craft room! Of course, the room needs a really good cleaning and I’ll need to do some fixing up. But it will be so nice to have a heated space where I can work.
Well, enough about me, because now it’s time to party!
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My daughter’s only 12 but I’m not excited about her getting older. I just want to hold onto these years for as long as I can. It sounds like you’ve raised a great son.
Yes, enjoy every moment Chrystal!
Angie,
Congrats on being an empty nester!! Both my sons are out of the house now for about 9 years… I could not wait until they left so I could take over their rooms as I had been planning those rooms for years and had things in storage for them!! I had a friend who said she was ripping the curtains off of her daughter’s windows as she waved good bye to her!! LOL!! I mentioned you in my Powder Room post because I once again showed graphics ( ladies in hats) from your site!! Thank you once again!!!Thanks for hosting each week!!
Hugs,
Debbie
I need to do some redecorating but I’m gonna love using his room Debbie!
Thanks for the party again!
Congrats on an empty nest. Our youngest is a highschool senior. Sniff. Sniff.
laura
A new chapter in your lives, believe me, it’s good! Your son is one precious guy to come back like that! thanks for hosting, Angie.
Thank you for hosting the party!
I can definitely relate to your story. It is so incredibly hard to say good bye when the children leave home. I could feel the tears well up as I read your article since I and many other mothers need to go through the same experience. I hope they haven’t moved too far. It was so sweet that your son came back to play a game with you. I hope you will enjoy your new craft room and your son will enjoy his new apartment and new wings.
That’s a great story about your son. Good kid!
I don’t have children but I often think about my mom in this situation.
I was, well there is no nice way to put it,…an accident – born 10 years after my next oldest sister and my mom was 43.
She said she was sad when I moved out and I believe her but after that many years of child-rearing I’m sure some part of her was all about “GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”