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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 621982" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>This has been on my mind too MWM. At about the same time your kids leave home, my granddaughter will be leaving for college, she is the same age as your Jumper. Although I've actually been through the empty nest when my daughter left home, I didn't really get that positive sense of the empty nest because my entire bio family has always kept me hoppin' with their needs and demands. So, this time out, feels as if I can really appreciate all the positives. If my daughter can get her own life in gear and my granddaughter happily leaves the nest, then this will be the first time in my entire life that I am not massively responsible for someone or a group of someones!!</p><p></p><p>SO and I are starting to plan trips. Once it is just the two of us, we can get away a lot more. We both enjoy traveling of all sorts and we do road trips well together...............so there will likely be a lot more of those. Even with my job, I get a lot of time off so we can still travel quite a bit. I am thinking that when I retire, I want to learn new ways of gardening. Since I have quite a number of food allergies, when there is more time, I want to learn to bake and cook differently to accommodate my sensitivities more. I've been leaning more and more into that lately.</p><p></p><p>I don't know MWM, perhaps give yourself some time without the kids before you sign on for foster care. You may find you LOVE the quiet and calm of life without the kids living with you.</p><p></p><p>I am really looking forward to it. I think I will miss my granddaughter's daily presence, even though, like you with Jumper, I hardly see her!! And, I think there is probably a learning curve, a time of adjustment, where we can get used to this new 'normal.' It looks like a new adventure to me, a time in life to be enjoyed and cherished, to have that real sense of peace as responsibilities are lifted off of us. It's exciting!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 621982, member: 13542"] This has been on my mind too MWM. At about the same time your kids leave home, my granddaughter will be leaving for college, she is the same age as your Jumper. Although I've actually been through the empty nest when my daughter left home, I didn't really get that positive sense of the empty nest because my entire bio family has always kept me hoppin' with their needs and demands. So, this time out, feels as if I can really appreciate all the positives. If my daughter can get her own life in gear and my granddaughter happily leaves the nest, then this will be the first time in my entire life that I am not massively responsible for someone or a group of someones!! SO and I are starting to plan trips. Once it is just the two of us, we can get away a lot more. We both enjoy traveling of all sorts and we do road trips well together...............so there will likely be a lot more of those. Even with my job, I get a lot of time off so we can still travel quite a bit. I am thinking that when I retire, I want to learn new ways of gardening. Since I have quite a number of food allergies, when there is more time, I want to learn to bake and cook differently to accommodate my sensitivities more. I've been leaning more and more into that lately. I don't know MWM, perhaps give yourself some time without the kids before you sign on for foster care. You may find you LOVE the quiet and calm of life without the kids living with you. I am really looking forward to it. I think I will miss my granddaughter's daily presence, even though, like you with Jumper, I hardly see her!! And, I think there is probably a learning curve, a time of adjustment, where we can get used to this new 'normal.' It looks like a new adventure to me, a time in life to be enjoyed and cherished, to have that real sense of peace as responsibilities are lifted off of us. It's exciting! [/QUOTE]
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