WHEN THE EMPTY NEST ISN'T EMPTY ANYMORE...
The art of Jennifer Yoswa www.jenniferyoswa.com
If my children have launched and are deep into families of their own. then why is my nest not empty? Let me explain...
There was an all too familiar phone call from one of my children requesting that they keep their Christmas presents hidden in a spare bedroom. OK, you can do that.
I am also storing a couple of dozen huge bins of expensive quilting fabric for my daughter. She's an amazing quilter but the fabric... there's a lot. It makes it hard to park in the garage.
Another daughter has a "flea market" business going this summer and has left a few clothes racks and boxes of hangers piled next to the quilting bins. Did I mention it makes it hard to park in the garage.
I have three broken kitchen aids in the same garage, all from different homes. There was some kind of epidemic but my son swears he can fix them. I'm headed to Williams Sonoma to buy a new one!
There's someones running stroller, I haven't identified the owner yet and the old trampoline mat... "Don't throw that away, I'll be back to get it" No one has returned.
OK... I can no longer park in the garage!
Now that I've got that off my chest I'm ready for my son, daughter-in-law, four grandkids and a dog to move in. Their old house closes tomorrow and their new house isn't ready for a couple of weeks.
Its a good thing I love all these people!
THE NEST IS NEVER REALLY EMPTY!
