Carla,
Thanks so much for sharing. You are not alone. You wrote the perfect question to continue - What am I going to do when they are gone? Now is the time to plan before they are gone. Take five minutes and list things you like to do or would like to pursue that don't involve the kids.
Barbara,
You are welcome. Five minutes is manageable and we all have at least that time.
Thank you so much for the 5 minute writing idea. This is so manageable and I am enjoying doing it. This amount I can manage and feel good about doing it. Once again, thank you
Right now I fear most of all getting older and being alone. Right now I have my teenage kids with me, but they are getting closer and closer to college age and moving on to be their own individuals. What am I gonna do when they are gone? Im already loosing them, my DD is almost 17, high school, friends and a job keep her busy and I dont get to spend much time with her. My son who will be 15 sits in his room most of the time playing his xbox, when I do try to get him to go somewhere with me, he always says no. I actually made him go to the grocery store with me last night. I had to pick him up from school and asked him if he would go with me and he said no. So when I found out the real reason he missed the bus (got caught with his cell phone) I told him that he had to go to the store with me as a punishment. How sad is that......He wanted to go home, didnt want to have anything to do with going to the store with me. Over the weekend when his sister wasnt home and I was going to to near a mall and asked him if he wanted to go, he hesitated and wanted to know where it was exactly that I was going. I told him.....(Well Michaels) for one, and then the book store and maybe to get something to eat......BORING he says....well yeh I can see that being boring to a 15 year old boy, but we could have at least had lunch together.
Anyways...being alone is a little frightening right now realizing that my kids are growing and dont need their mom that much anymore. What am I going to do when they are gone?
Commenting by HaloScan
