4 a.m. Wallpapering of an Emptying Nest
This is for all of those mothers who are finding themselves being abandoned by their newly grown baby birds. Those of us who catch ourselves wondering around our homes at 4 am, after the husband has gotten up to go hunting in the wee hours of a cold December morning just days before we navigate a Christmas without yet another one of our offspring. Some of us may still have one more left in the nest that's right on the cusp of flying the coop, just months away from finishing high school and venturing out into the college realm preparing to go life on their own. None of the home economics classes in school could have ever prepared us for this part of parenting. No life less baby doll, or sack of flour, being sent home with us to mimic an infant comes close to this combined feeling of pride and emptiness that we feel. Myself personally watched one that I am so proud to have had a small part in guiding to maturity venture off into that terrifying world of the Marines. Never have I fel...