We also meet teachers Julie and Richard, who hope their Cocker Spaniel puppy will fill
the empty nest now their sons are leaving home, and the Chinery family from Berkshire, who are seeking tips with managing energetic Cockerpoo Benji.
My husband and I kept
the empty nest. It is a thing of such beauty so finely made.
The empty nest syndrome is associated more with women.
For them,
the empty nest can take away part of their identity and brings a real sense of loss.
Remember you are still a parent and the season of
the empty nest can be just as rich and fulfilling as that of a full nest, but it takes time to adjust.
"However, while
the empty nest can be a challenging time, it can also give you the freedom and opportunity to rediscover hobbies and interests, reconnect with your partner and/or friends and to create new and happy memories.
"We may be about to encounter
the empty nest, but at least it will be cheaper to go on holiday.
"Her" wonders if they might be our lovers instead, but also wonders how we'll cope when, like children, they outgrow us and leave us behind in
the empty nest of the physical world.
I could tell you many wonderful things about chickens, but today I'm thinking about how they hopped into my empty nest and filled it pretty full."--From "A Flock of Chickens: RX for
the Empty Nest Syndrome" Marie and her husband, Jim, are developing a farm in the Pacific Northwest with their adult children and grandchildren.
"Feeling very upset and unsettled, as I did, is extremely common," says author Celia Dodd, who's researched the topic for her new book,
The Empty Nest: How To Survive And Stay Close To Your Adult Child.
THE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME They call it
the empty nest syndrome When the children have all left home You think of the past.
and
the empty nest has made place for more than it held before!
THE Merseyside mother of Britain's first sextuplets has told of her happiness after five of them returned to
the empty nest.