And it came to pass...now what? Feeling happy and blue!


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Today my youngest child and son Caleb was married in the Atlanta Temple. Last night there was no sleep as I pondered all that this means. This morning I got everything ready I could to ease my wife and son having to feel hurried. During this controlled chaos it felt much like any other time we were hurrying to get out the door when I looked up and saw him going out to the car. Behind him he was pulling a large suitcase and my heart began to ache, much the way it did when he went on his mission. Then while on the way to the Temple we stopped to see his new apartment and reality could not longer be ignored. His mother and I are working on our 40th year of marriage. When I met my dear wife she came from difficult circumstances and had a one year old child...I fell in love with them both. Having come from a broken home my mother met a man who would marry her and adopt her three children. I began life with the last name "Nation" and now it is "Lee". So following his righteous example I gave my name (my father's name) to my new daughter. So my wife and I have been together 40 years and now for the first time, we will be "empty nesters". It is a good and odd thing...so here's hoping I don't mess it up.

I would love some advice to others now "empty nesters". Not however with 7 grandchildren and school getting out next week, the games and fighting have already begun as to who gets to stay over at Nanny or Papa first :)

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I look forward to our empty-nest years nine or so years hence, but it certainly is not an unmixed emotion. Until then, I am deeply enjoying having my children at home with me (though occasionally I need to remind myself of that).

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I look forward to our empty-nest years nine or so years hence, but it certainly is not an unmixed emotion. Until then, I am deeply enjoying having my children at home with me (though occasionally I need to remind myself of that).

That was another adjustment .... We did notice the silence and the noise level. We often reflect back to when all of our kids were here and the noise. We do miss it. ..... We do also enjoy our silence too.

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