empty nest
August 15, 2009
- Somewhere along the line I knew I was never the type to balance work and home. I knew I wanted to be Domestic Diva, princess and Queen concubine to my King first. Alpha Mother to my children second. I swore I would not have children if I had to work while they were small. My idea was that any work I did would be to provide the luxury of private schools, European vacations, theatre tickets, ...
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June 12, 2009
- The empty nest I've been brooding over this past week has given me plenty of time to think. Letting go of those little babies is one of the hardest things ever. Letting them fly. Letting them find their own wings. Any parent experiences a certain reluctance to cut the cord and bid them adieu.But what about a writer and her work?You might be a writer if...you launch your finished manuscripts into ...
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June 9, 2009
- I fell off the radar temporarily last week. Lost all communication. It was a combination of the end of school, huge trip, and finishing my WIP, Pelorus Jack.Most of all, though, I was an emotional wreck. My kids left on Friday with my husband for Germany. I stayed at home in the empty nest.My husband grew up and lived most of his live in Germany until I "imported" him to the U.S. after ...
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December 21, 2008
- I haven't posted here for almost three months. Work happened. I taught five classes this semester, and was so busy I hardly wrote. My new book is languishing in the bowels of my computer. When the semester finally ended last week, I felt as if I had been run over by a Mac truck. I felt flattened. Now all I want to do is write. But my break, since I work at different schools with different ...
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December 8, 2008
- (or One out the door; One to go!)My first born, my daughter, Kleoniki, left for college last fall.Before she left there were times I already felt so lonely for her I wanted to swallow her up and hold her in my womb so we could be close again.But then I would come out from hiding in my room and try for the umpteenth time to help her pack for her new apartment in Athens.Reality was quite ...
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September 23, 2008
- When I met Michael, we had three children in the area, one of whom lived with me (mine, of course). His two children lived with their mother, but we had children around and about us. They weren't children, really, but teenagers, young adults, just about there adults. But then my youngest son graduated from high school and went to college. I had dropped my oldest off at college two years ...
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September 2, 2008
- For the last week or so, I've been in an odd mood and I couldn't figure out what was the matter. Life is basically good: the book has sold well enough to warrant another print run; I've turned in my next manuscript; and now I have that much-anticipated free time I've been craving to catch up on my reading and relax.Instead, I've been . . . well, restless. I am reading, but I always do that; as ...
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July 29, 2008
- My daughter will graduate from high school next year. She's determined to go away to college. I have two kids, and she's the younger. So, I will be alone in less than a year. I hadn't really thought of it that way until the other day. I had been thinking more about what her schedule will be like next year, and the college application process, and how I will manage to afford it as a ...
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