I love this and feel like my ambition only really started to kick in after I had my son. Perhaps it was wanting to model for him that it's never too late to try something new, or to fail at something and pivot, or even, dare I say it, to succeed. He knows that his mother is planning ahead because I continue to take classes, attempt scary things, and sign up for different sporting teams (at my age! Gasp!). I can only hope that he also inherits my love (and pursuit) of freedom.
YES! Here's to freedom. You articulated so much of what I've been feeling as my daughter prepares to launch (nearby) and so many are wondering why we are both (me especially) not devastated. Like because we did a fabulous job of living through ten years of mostly trauma we should be forever consigned to 24/7 togetherness. Both beyond excited for a new chapter.
Love this post so much. I have eight more years with kids in the house but dream of what I will do and am so grateful not to have anyone else to consider but my cats. Thank you for writing this. It isn’t talked about enough and I fucking love it.
Thank you so much! I think empty nest has fallen into the menopause bucket where it's like "well that's real sad and life is practically over for you so why talk about it" and then of course all of us bad bitches roll up and we're like NUH-UH. I was looking forward to this for six years so I feel you, but the years do start to speed up. High school goes by in approximately 3-1/2 minutes just FYI x
My one and only just left at 17. He and my husband both expected me to fall apart. Friends check on me often to see if I’m doing ok.
I’m more than ok. I’m free.
I love that kid more than anything but raising him took all of me, all the time. Now I have the time and space to figure out who I am and what’s next. And it’s glorious.
Same same! I truly cried 5000% more when my kids were little just in ANTICIPATION of this phase than I have since it actually happened. Thanks so much for reading! x
I love this and feel like my ambition only really started to kick in after I had my son. Perhaps it was wanting to model for him that it's never too late to try something new, or to fail at something and pivot, or even, dare I say it, to succeed. He knows that his mother is planning ahead because I continue to take classes, attempt scary things, and sign up for different sporting teams (at my age! Gasp!). I can only hope that he also inherits my love (and pursuit) of freedom.
YES! Here's to freedom. You articulated so much of what I've been feeling as my daughter prepares to launch (nearby) and so many are wondering why we are both (me especially) not devastated. Like because we did a fabulous job of living through ten years of mostly trauma we should be forever consigned to 24/7 togetherness. Both beyond excited for a new chapter.
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Love this post so much. I have eight more years with kids in the house but dream of what I will do and am so grateful not to have anyone else to consider but my cats. Thank you for writing this. It isn’t talked about enough and I fucking love it.
Thank you so much! I think empty nest has fallen into the menopause bucket where it's like "well that's real sad and life is practically over for you so why talk about it" and then of course all of us bad bitches roll up and we're like NUH-UH. I was looking forward to this for six years so I feel you, but the years do start to speed up. High school goes by in approximately 3-1/2 minutes just FYI x
My one and only just left at 17. He and my husband both expected me to fall apart. Friends check on me often to see if I’m doing ok.
I’m more than ok. I’m free.
I love that kid more than anything but raising him took all of me, all the time. Now I have the time and space to figure out who I am and what’s next. And it’s glorious.
Thank you for writing this. It’s perfect.
Same same! I truly cried 5000% more when my kids were little just in ANTICIPATION of this phase than I have since it actually happened. Thanks so much for reading! x