by Amy Lynch
23rd Nov 2023
23rd Nov 2023
Photo by 42 North on Unsplash
With so much of our head and heart invested in our children, how does it feel when they eventually leave the nest? Amy Lynch talks to women who have launched their birds and watched them fly.
Last week I bumped into an old work friend in the supermarket. We did the usual “How are the kids?” catch-up right there in the fruit and veg aisle. We talked about how crazy it is that both of mine are now in secondary school, yet she remembered me pregnant in the office. But when it came to telling me about her eldest son, she burst into tears. He’s just left to work in Australia....
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