A New World of Two

Becoming empty nesters now, but, without the sense of loss here, translated…

After I married, I’d lived with my in-laws, and only as I closed my bedroom doors, we will have a temporary time for two. As our children came, we’d bought our own house, and moved out of my in-laws’, every day, we’d busied ourselves about our children’s living, and, in a blink of an eye, they’re both, in college now.

We’d entered into the “empty nest” period of life now, a lot of our friends are having difficulties, adjusting to this new lifestyle, but I’d, become, relieved, for some unknown reasons. I’d joked with my husband, “It seems, that we are just, starting out, in our world of two right now!”, from before, we’d put the kids first, everything that they’d needed, was our first priority, but we’d, forgotten about our own needs. And now, our “new world of two” is simple, I’d not needed to wake the kids up early in the morn for school, and, I can whip up the foods at random, and, we’d skimmed down on supper for the sake of our health, and, my husband and I lost about eleven pounds each, such an unexpected return.

this, doesn’t look too bad, does it???  Not my photo.

Friends would ask, “Don’t you miss your children? Don’t you feel sad?” Of course, I’d missed my children! But now, with the advancements in technologies, convenient transportations, we can see and talk to our children at any time, and, as we thought about how our children are currently enjoying their college life, we’re very happy for them, and that kept the scent of loss reduced to a minimum.

Our “New World of Two” is a brand new experience for us both, and, it’d, marked the beginning of enjoying our lives too.

So, instead of feeling the empty nest hitting you, you’d see this new start as an opportunity, to get reconnected with your husband, and, now, you can finally, have this world of two to enjoy, by yourselves, with absolutely NOBODY else to intervene, amazing, isn’t it, as the kids are, all grown up and moved away???