{"id":31026,"date":"2024-09-19T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=31026"},"modified":"2024-09-19T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:21:50","slug":"the-view-from-here-checking-in-on-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2024\/09\/the-view-from-here-checking-in-on-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"The View From Here &#8211; Checking In On Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey parents.\u00a0 I&#8217;m just checking on you.\u00a0 How are you holding up?\u00a0 Three weeks into a new school year.\u00a0 Settling into a routine that works.\u00a0 Bedtimes, lunches, activities.\u00a0 Busyness.\u00a0 \u00a0How are you holding up?<\/p>\n<p>To the parents of kids who have left home this year for the very first time.\u00a0 How are YOU?\u00a0 Do you need anything?\u00a0 Have you had a good cry yet?\u00a0 How are you dealing with the quiet?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s strange isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 When your kids leave home.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the silence.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the feeling of emptiness in the house.\u00a0 It&#8217;s questioning your role and your purpose now in this next chapter of life.\u00a0 It&#8217;s missing being needed for all the every day things.<\/p>\n<p>I made egg salad this weekend and I even missed my youngest daughter coming into the kitchen to complain about how much it stinks &#8211; ha ha ha. 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