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I Am Not Alone – Comforts Empty Nesters

April 8, 2008 | by Natalie Caine | Comments Off on I Am Not Alone – Comforts Empty Nesters

Talking with parents across the country, working or not, married or single, all say it is a relief to know their feelings are normal.
The fear of their children leaving spins parents into worry about safety, friendships, money, happiness, inclusion, loneliness, but mostly, into the reality that the role parents love living is coming to a drastic change. The grieving journey and opening to new parts of self begins for all parents, but uniquely for each.
Parents are entering the unknown without a timeline of relief and their children are leaping into more independence without the safety of their parents in the next room.
This time of year, more and more children are getting rejection letters from the colleges they wanted. I love the idea that some high schools are allowing them to bravely post the rejection letters at school in order to belong to a group that shows all of them are dealing with the embarrassment, as they call it, and the reality that college is more competitive now. That it is,

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Natalie Caine, M.A. natalie@lifeintransition.org