Category Archives: Empty Nest

To You, My Daughter, Who’d Just Turned Twenty

Letter to her child, translated… My daughter, you’d turned twenty today.  Twenty years ago, we’d, walked into one another’s life. I still recalled, you, at age two, loved our poetry reading, the autumn moon shone through your window, gently, shed … Continue reading

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Retired Husbands, STOP Being Your Wives’ Babies!!!

From the mind of a wife, translated… I’d gone to the family doctor section for treatment, and, I’d caught this, interesting scene.  The doctor stated to the elderly patient what he’d needed to watch out for, and, the listener didn’t … Continue reading

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The Extra Time Has Come…Adapting to the Empty Nest

Translated… Before the age of thirty, I’d ended my life as a single, since, I’d entered into a new era, and I’d, missed my freedom from when I was still a single, no need to comply to my family’s schedules, … Continue reading

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Since His Wife Died

Since his wife died, his estranged daughter became even MORE estranged from him, they’d not have anything to talk about, and now that they’d lost the only LINK (the wife!) between them, the daughter is no longer compelled, to head … Continue reading

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The Parent-Child Quality Time Shared in the Car

From the mind of a father, translated… Don’t know how other parents would interact with their young in the car? To tell the truth, I have little to NO experiences in this. Even if I’d spent six years, driving my … Continue reading

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Computer Class

Translated… Awhile ago, my father fell from the avocado trees, as he tried to wrap up the fruits, as the news got to me, he was, already checking out of the hospitals, I’d immediately called him up, and, joked on … Continue reading

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No Longer Envious of Others

Translated… A couple from my community, they’d worked together to set up a business when they were younger, worked hard, started from nothing, to now, having everything. They have three children, all of whom are excellent, and gone abroad, one … Continue reading

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Allowing the Child to Fly Solo, on Parent-Child Interactions

We have here, a “case” of the empty nest, translated… Awhile ago, I’d gathered with a couple of my long-time-no-see former classmates at Ling’s house. The moment we walked into her door, we all saw Ling, with a huge frown … Continue reading

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