A few weeks ago I was driving home and a bunch of middle-school boys were walking along the street, heading for who knows where. I was hit by a piercing memory of my son at that age (he is now 36).
However, I enjoy not having to keep track of a bunch of diffeent schedules, making whatever we want for dinner, and being able to keep the house fairly clean.
Hubby enjoys not having to remember to shut the bathroom door. LOL!
With daughter's graduation, I went through zillions of baby pictures and found myself crying now and again as I looked at those four adorable little ones.
In fact, with two sons getting married, daughter living in England, and baby leaving for California in a matter of weeks, I told Mr. OH that I would just break down in tears every once in a while, so that he didn't need to ask why.
Being a 'weeper' himself, we'll both be in bad shape when we leave our baby and come home to an empty house.......
I remember a couple from our church who had a child move back in after they had 'adjusted' to being alone.
She said she had to remember not to walk down the hall in the altogether any more! (Maybe there are some habits it's best not to start......)