I want to engage in the stages of grief appropriate for this phase of my parenting - depression, and acceptance. My grief is not over the fact that they are in college, but that our family life is forever changed.
Though it was hard to return to our usual rhythm after my husband or I had been away, or our child had been to camp, within a few hours - or at most, a day - we were back to being us.
People say it gets easier with time, and that you develop a new routine, a new normal. That when they come home, it actually disrupts the routine you've adopted without them.
I'm left wondering what that means for me. I want to be intentional about how I spend my time and try not to fill the void with more work.
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