My youngest son just finished college, so I’ve been having some Empty Nest Blues.<\/p>\n
This is on top of being divorced, so it hits a little hard that my nest is well and truly empty.<\/p>\n
However — Even if I were still married — kids grow up.\u00a0 This is a good<\/em> thing!<\/p>\n I am incredibly proud of both my kids.<\/p>\n Yes, I look back fondly on those wonderful times when they were toddlers and young kids, soaking up learning.\u00a0 We got to be a young family living in Europe.\u00a0 We got to visit castles, go hiking regularly on our “mountain,” play games together, see sights of Europe.\u00a0 Although my marriage ended badly, I have experienced being loved by a spouse deeply and truly. \u00a0(For awhile, anyway!)<\/p>\n We weren’t perfect young parents, and every moment was definitely not idyllic.\u00a0 But we had some tremendously happy times together — and I think my kids are among the most wonderful people God has ever created.\u00a0 I’m so glad their youth was entrusted into my care.<\/p>\n So yes, even if I were still happily married, this day would still have come.\u00a0 My kids are launching out into the world, and I’m so proud of them!<\/p>\n And I miss them — and I’m glad I do.\u00a0 And I’m thankful for precious memories, which I will always cherish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My youngest son just finished college, so I’ve been having some Empty Nest Blues. This is on top of being divorced, so it hits a little hard that my nest is well and truly empty. However — Even if I were still married — kids grow up.\u00a0 This is a good thing! I am incredibly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderblessings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}