Tag: empty nest
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October Morning🍁
My youngest turns 27 today. At the exact minute she was born, we will all get on FaceTime and sing Happy Birthday to her in Texas.
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No “Back to School”
I was shopping and back to school signs hung everywhere. Here in New York, students return next week. I miss the former life season of fresh notebooks and the beginning of fall sports. I knew I’d miss it when I was in it. I knew I’d miss the rhythm of…
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Rarely Out Late, Home by 8!
Since the nest has emptied, if we go out for dinner, it’s (usually) around 5pm-6pm. If we dine with friends with less job flexibility, we happily make reservations for 7pm or 8pm. Key word: reservations. While it’s healthier to eat earlier, for me it’s about not waiting for a table…
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Poem Published on Spillwords Press
I just returned to NY from traveling and was a day late coming home, not checking my Gmail while away. I was thrilled and truly thankful that a poem I submitted on May 2nd was published on May 9th. I am sincerely grateful to Dagmara K. for selecting my poem…
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Texas Tuesdays Continue… The State Capitol
Upon exiting the aircraft, this New Yorker expected to see cowboy hats and boots throughout the Austin, TX terminal. Emerging from the airconditioned airport, I also prepared for full-on melting in the hot, Texas sun. It was my first of many trips to Texas beginning in August, 2021. Turns out,…
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I Had the Time of My Life Fighting Dragons with You
Seated on the floor surrounded by moving bins, Taylor Swift’s music played in the background (randomly on my daughter’s Spotify) while I rummaged through my three kids’ middle school papers. My twins had just started sixth grade when we moved here and my youngest began fourth. Change is rarely easy…
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The Reminiscing
Most people merely laugh and cry while pouring over 1000’s of photos when packing up to move. This deep thinker took it to another level, wondering if Socrates would have included the usefulness of photographs and videos in his idiom that the “unexamined life is not worth living”. Do reminiscing…
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Texas Tuesday – The Backstory
The Summary In the last three years, I’ve been to Texas eight times. Last Spring, I stayed a month. My then-remote position made it possible. Though I have seen and stayed in several Texas cities and towns, the state is beyond enormous and I’ve barely scratched the hot soil. I’ll…
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Moving: The Stuff
We grow up and make a home of our own. Some of us buy houses, condos or apartments. Whatever the structure, we collect some STUFF. And, I’m not a collector. So, how did I end up with so much? Photos capturing all we have done as a family make me…
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And So She Flew…Again
I laid in bed, silently grumbling that I was awake at 5:30am and didn’t need to be on that particular Friday morning. My eldest daughter was getting ready for work upstairs and I wondered if her Shark hair styler woke me. I pulled the blanket up to my chin, hoping…
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The Time is Now
If you have been around church a while, you’ve likely heard several sermons encouraging parishioners to “wait upon the Lord”. “Keep waiting with great expectation of what the Lord can do!” the enthusiasm pours down from the pulpit. Wait for the salvation of family members. Wait patiently for the promotion.…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 