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EMPTY NESTER MEMORIES and HOPES

December 13, 2005 | by Natalie Caine | 2 Comments

I was talking with a sad mother today who was missing her son who got married. She reminisced about past holidays
of stringing the garland popcorn, pre-school gifts he made her, like the hand print in clay, school day projects of salt
maps, and those freezing football games of jumping up and down, always praying he wouldn

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  1. Patsy says:
    December 13, 2005 at 12:00 am

    i like reading empty nester ideas. I do and don’t laugh tap dance…I laugh there. It is the only place I tap dance not at home. I like to go to our local park and read there and meet other people . The blogs are fun and thanks for doing them for us empty nesting women.

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  2. Carrie says:
    December 14, 2005 at 12:00 am

    I “re-learned” crocheting and knitting a few years ago. I took classes at a knitting shop, and the interaction with other women has been great. Several of the ladies from my class meet at the shop once a week to just sit together, knit, and swap stories.

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