Just a little blue

Sherry, I’m so sorry for your sudden loss. And to have your daughter leave the nest at the same time . . . It’s a lot for you to handle but remember you can only do it one step at a time. My prayer thoughts are with you and your family members.

Sherry,

I wish I had something to say that could really help, but all I can say is that I am so very sorry for the loss of daddy uncle bob, and as Judy said, your daughter leaving at the same time. I anticipate my daughter moving out in a few years time, (oh I know its still a while, but I do think about it often) and it certainly isnt something I look forward to. My son still has [B]well[/B] over a decade to go, but I jokingly said to my husband that I will find him a wife who doesnt get on at all with her parents, and they can spend all their ‘holiday’ days with us, then I will have my daughter, son and their families with us – LOL. It was a joke, but ….. Hmmm maybe …… 😉 . Thinking of you during this very hard time.

Sorry for the loss of your uncle. That is a terrible disease. My dad passed away from ALS 10 years ago.

You will definately miss your daughter, but I have to tell you…once you get used to it you are going to be happy.

When my first one left home I was upset, by the time the last one left I was thrilled! I always said marriage goes through stages. You have the courtship/honeymoon phase, then comes the kids and you get lost as a couple. When the kids move out you go back to the honeymoon stage. You will miss you daughter, but just remember that she is only a phone call away.

Sherry,

So sorry to hear about uncle Bob. My mother-in-law had ALS 30 years ago. Rick and I got married a year early so she could be there.

My son Will bought a house and moved 50 min. away. My friends thought I’d lose my mind. But I have to admit life is easier. In the morning the house is still clean, there is a empty laundry basket and food in the fridge. It has it’s advantages this empty nest. 😉

We talk to Will much more than we did while he was here.

The up side for me was I had a whole new house to decorate (what every 24 year old dreams of!) :p We tore up all the yard and started from scratch. He and his neighbors are happy with the yard.

Good times are to come. You have already been thru the worst. Make this a time for you.

Nobody can tell you how to prepare for your son or daughter to leave the nest. At 18 my son left to go to college out of country. But between the ages of 8 and 18 we spent the winters ski racing the New york USSA circuit. They were the best years of my life. The worst day of my life was when we took him to the airport for him to go to college. I would live through GBS a 100 times before I would do that one day over.
Bill

Sherry,

I am so sorry to hear about your uncle and will keep him and the family in my prayers.

Empty Nest Syndrome can be hard in the beginning, but believe me when I tell you, you get so used to it that when they come home for a visit you wonder to yourself “When the hell are they leaving again” 😀 I’m back living with my youngest son Dan right now, but that will change next year when my lease is up on this apartment.

stormy…you’re not one of “Those people” are you?! Blue and Gold look much nicer in a room!!!! the trees can stay—good luck getting a buckeye tree into Michigan!!!:)

Sherry,

Jer would have a stroke if we painted his house in ‘THE Ohio State’ colors. Let’s go!! 😀

I’m quite uninformed, please tell me what the Ohio State colors are? :confused:

Sherry, glad to hear your daughter is safe and doing well. Sounds like you’re going to have a great time while you’re there. Have fun………Vicki

Wow Sherry,

Seeing Steven Curtis Chapman AND then going on to your daughters ‘new place’ …… 😮 , too much excitement in one night 😀 . You do sound much happier, and I am glad that you have seen where she lives now. Knowing she has a nice, safe place helps ease your mind a great deal Im sure.

Sherry,

I’m just now seeing your post, and I don’t have children (yet). But . . . as the kid who did the leaving (my other three sisters have all moved back home), I can tell you that your daughter will end up getting homesick and wanting to come back in about 10 years. Let’s just hope she doesn’t meet a man who has no desire to take her home (Ben). What part of IN is she in? You all should hop the first train and come see us!

Love,

Shannon

Buckeyes are banned in these parts so you would never get anywhere near my house with that paint 🙂

[quote=Kassandra Ulrich]Sherry,

Jer would have a stroke if we painted his house in ‘THE Ohio State’ colors. Let’s go!! :D[/quote]

I will screen my guests more closely from now on