Empty Nester

Okay, so I'm not quite an "empty nester" yet but I can dream! If I had a quarter for every person that said, "you're going to miss your daughter when she goes off to college," I could have bought at least two Starbucks coffees! Why do so many women think we have to shrivel up into listless clumps on the floor just because our fledgelings finally (and after much begging and prayer) got out of our feathered nest? Not so Moms! I am happy to report that life succumbs to "normal" and there is a harmony and peace that replaces the dreaded roar of same sex young adult flapping their independent wings about the nest you built ever so long ago! What joy to have the pride and feel the success of sending your child off to gather their wits and seek their fortunes! As for the parent who remains at the empty nest...under all those warm soft feathers abandoned by the fledgelings, I rediscovered that novel I'd been meaning to read...and that project I never had time to finish...and my passport for taking those mini-vacations I never had the time for! Yeah Baby! Italy was Great! I found ALL my shoes and filled the organizer in my closet. And, Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte was truly a tormented man! OH, and my college kid is doing great in the dorm she feathered just the way she likes it!