It has been 3 months since we dropped our youngest off at college and entered the phase of the "Empty Nest." While I'm currently counting down to having both Elizabeth and Nick home for Thanksgiving (only 9 days!), I can't help but reflect on how well things are going. To this point, most of my... Continue Reading →
Quite a Week
It is Sunday afternoon - a week ago, I wrote this: We have less than a week left before our youngest heads off to college. Nick has six more nights at home before he moves into his dorm room at UNC-Wilmington. Six. That's it. I decided at the beginning of his Senior year to cherish... Continue Reading →
On Counting Down
Remember The Count from Sesame Street? With his pointy muppet nose and the cape flung across his opposite shoulder? Well, if he was here in our house right now, he'd be having a blast. I can hear him... Five! Five days of school. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ha! That's all we have left right now. ... Continue Reading →