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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 584184" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>It's been almost four years since difficult child 1 moved out, about two years since we moved difficult child 2 out, and almost nine months since easy child/difficult child 3 moved out. My nest is empty!! To this day, I still enjoy total silence. </p><p></p><p>I got over that constant walking on eggshells sort of thing, waiting for the other shoe to drop feeling, fairly quickly. I had to. Otherwise I know I would have lost every last shred of sanity I have left. Well, maybe not entirely - If the phone rings late at night, I still think the worst, fearful that something horrible has happened to one of my kids... </p><p></p><p>I'm still working on not feeling guilty for enjoying myself, living my life the way I want to live it, not putting my kids' needs before my own. For the first time in twenty years, I can honestly say that life is good!! </p><p></p><p>Even though at this moment, all my kids are doing well, I know that with difficult children, everything is always subject to change in a split second. The one thing that scares me more then anything is the fear of having the phone ring, having one of them tell me they need a place to live. That could be the one thing that would send me over the edge... SFR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 584184, member: 3388"] It's been almost four years since difficult child 1 moved out, about two years since we moved difficult child 2 out, and almost nine months since easy child/difficult child 3 moved out. My nest is empty!! To this day, I still enjoy total silence. I got over that constant walking on eggshells sort of thing, waiting for the other shoe to drop feeling, fairly quickly. I had to. Otherwise I know I would have lost every last shred of sanity I have left. Well, maybe not entirely - If the phone rings late at night, I still think the worst, fearful that something horrible has happened to one of my kids... I'm still working on not feeling guilty for enjoying myself, living my life the way I want to live it, not putting my kids' needs before my own. For the first time in twenty years, I can honestly say that life is good!! Even though at this moment, all my kids are doing well, I know that with difficult children, everything is always subject to change in a split second. The one thing that scares me more then anything is the fear of having the phone ring, having one of them tell me they need a place to live. That could be the one thing that would send me over the edge... SFR [/QUOTE]
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