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Thanksgiving

November 13, 2012 | by Natalie Caine | One Comment

I am an empty nester.   This year my kids aren’t able to come home.  I want to do something for myself that is a celebration of my life and is connected with others.   

I am going to my Aunt’s and then two days to relax.  I rarely make just open time for me with no schedule, family, nor friends.  

I need this before December.  I finally get that my life is good enough even if I am solo at times.   I am thinking there must be other women who don’t have the same holidays as they use to have and continue to value them.

What has or is anyone else doing?

Thank you for allowing me a space to be me.

Elizabeth

One Response

  1. Therese says:
    November 27, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    Elizabeth: I’m feeling empty nest pangs now that I am thru the Thanksgiving holiday and I am in the process of planning for the Christmas holiday t prepare myself for a mostly empty nest. Although I will have my children home for a very brief time – its not like it was last year or previous years – many traditions will go by the wayside in the interest of time and I am very sad about that. A friend has told me to create new traditions and my motto leading up to the christmas holiday is to “do things that are meaningful”…..maybe that can be your motto too.
    Therese

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