Living in Parent Purgatory: The Effects of Empty Nest Syndrome

If you have grown children, once they leave the nest; it smacks you straight in the face that they went from their first day of kindergarten to their first day of college overnight. All of the things in between: dance recitals, little league baseball games, family road trips and holidays... all run through my mind like one of those old fashion flip books where each page moves so fast through time and before you know it the story is over. It’s a state of confusion; not sure if reflecting on these memories makes me feel happy or sad. In reality, it’s probably a combination of both and then some.