As empty nest H-I-T-S, retirement makes you even busier, translated…
People told me, that after they retired, they got to sleep until they wake in the morn, so, how come, I’d had a ton of things troubling me regularly, and, waking naturally meant, waking up before light for me.
I’d left the workforce a couple of year ago, and life started going up and down. I’d gone abroad three times two years ago, on tours, and to visit my families, and I’d become, a grandmother too; other than doing my cycling trip around the island, I’d also gone to Penghu, as well as Macau and Hong Kong too, and my second son’s wedding plans were well on the way too, although my husband took charge on that, but, I’d still, put in what was required of me, in leaving leisurely, there were, the intermingled moments of displeases taking care of my own elderly parents.
Last August, when I’d gone home to visit, I saw my parents fight, I’d felt awful that my dad had been immobilized, and at the same time, I’d, empathized with my mother’s hardships of taking care of his living for over fourteen years, and, as I was still trying to understand how my mother figured out my father had been cheating on her, came another huge HIT—my father had prostate cancer.
For the sake of my younger son’s marriage, I’d, wrecked my mind, and, I’d remodeled the apartment I’d rented out for eighteen whole years, so my eldest son can live on his own, and, at the moment, I’d felt, loss, and, that scent of loss was way more than the worries I’d carried for my second son who’d gone out to live abroad on his own since long. Maybe it’s because I already got used to how my second son is not around, or maybe, he knew how to take good care of himself, so I’d not needed to worry so incessantly over him!
And, with my second son’s getting married, after the worries of where my eldest daughter-in-law’s job would take her, I’d still needed to, worry about how I was, to handle my grandchildren who are coming so fast, there are still a ton of pressures of living, even AFTER I’d retired!
this is what you’re dealing with…
And so, this is how you live out your retirement, WORKING, taking care of everything in your own family, you need to watch, babysit/help raise your grandchildren, because you’re children are working, and you also worried about your second born son’s marriage, and after that, you still, worried about how your eldest son was moving away from you, and, you’re currently, “suffering” from a serious case of delayed EMPTY nest!!!
