So today is my birthday. I am 49. I am married and have 3 daughters ages 21, 19, 16. They usually are so busy living their lives and sometimes I don't see them as much as I would like. But the last few days and today, they have slowed down and taken time to spend with me and here at home. I have to say it has really been nice having them altogether and spending time with me and each other. It's one of the best gifts I could receive from them. I look forward to spending time with them today as we all celebrate my birthday. I hope everyone has a great day. I plan to. :-)
Happy birthday and glad to hear your daughters are spending time with you. I'm a divorce single mom with two daughters. They are 20 and 19. I never see my girls. They always hanging around their friends and boyfriends. I wish they were young again when they needed me. I love them dearly, but some of my depression is the empty nest syndrome....Again Happy Birthday...
Thank you Pm_hebert for your birthday wishes.
Just yesterday I was telling my youngest daughter how I wish I could go back several years so as to have more time with my daughters. I feel like you, there are times I wish they were young again and needed me. It has been hard at times for me adjusting to them being grown and independent. I have gone through and still go through empty nest syndrome.
Happy Birthday to you from Canada! Congratulations on raising three kids to adulthood! (you may have 1 under 18, I should have looked more closely) but just to get them through the teen years is ALOT of work. I am a single mom with 3 girls, all in their teens, and I think that being a mom is the single most important job there is in the world.
Hope you had, or have a good birthday, celebrating the birth of you -
Kind regards,
babsbro
Thank you babsbro for your birthday wishes.
My daughters are ages 21, 19 and 16 (almost 17.) It is definitely alot of work at times getting them through those teen years. I am a stay at home mom. My husband and I decided before we had kids that I would stay at home with them. It was what I wanted to do. I have over the years worked outside the home a couple of times but not much. Only when it was needed. I am grateful I was able to stay at home and be here for them. I wouldn’t trade that time for anything in the world. But these days they don’t need me as much. I feel lonely more. I am working on trying to figure out what to do with myself now.
I'm at that point too. I was divorced but was able to be the soccer mom, cheer leader mom, concession mom but with my occupation, I had flexible hours. God blessed me with that. Now that they are flying the nest, I want to get a more stable occupation, but at this age hmmmm, not sure who'd hire a women of 45. I'm from South Louisiana and with the oil spill, it is killing everyone's occupation and not sure if there will be employment around here. God has always looked over me and who knows if his plan is for me to relocated, then that's what I have to do. Oh, by the way, yes is was very hard, and still is raising two girls....Whew, what ever happened to the way we grew up, what happen to society with goals and morals for our children. Things have changed so much since my upbringing, and what will happen when our children have children....scary very scary
Hi Pm_hebert, I agree that things have certainly changed alot since we were kids. Life seems so fast paced these days. Sometimes I would like to go back to when times seemed slower. Like you, I think about what it will be like for my children's children and it is scary. I wonder if our parents felt like this about us when we were our kids ages. I try staying in taking life a day at a time. It's more than I can deal with sometimes. So much to do - so little time it feels these days.