Aug 26 2008
I Know Children get Married and Move Away, but what About the Parent Who does This?
It has almost been one full year since I have moved away from my home state of California. I got married last October and now live in Nevada. Wow, what a climate shocker! This desert definitely has it’s own unique beauty. I however, do miss the ocean. I have always enjoyed the beach and listening to the sounds of crashing waves is what has always appealed to me the most. Yet, here I am and I am learning to carve out my niche. I really miss my kids and wish they could come tumbling through the door, ready to have a family meal together. I am lucky though and do see them usually once a month. But I never thought it would be me, mom who gets married and moves away. My kids love my new husband and are so very happy for their mom. He in turn thinks the world of all five of my kids, and he made room for my family dog in his (Our new home) too. Who knew that five years ago when I said to myself “in the next five years I will be married”, that it would come true? It’s hard to imagine at that time, but I hoped. So, when I was 45 I started a campaign with myself…Laurie’s restoration project. I was a single mom with five kids and my own Licensed Home daycare business. I was very overweight and overwhelmed. I have great kids, it was just the normal strain of managing this family alone. I started with slim fast, yogurts and a salad. I dropped 23 lbs. in just 4 weeks! Then I began to slowly take walks at our local middle school track. I dropped another 25 lbs. in four weeks! In two months I lost about 50 lbs! Then I registered to go back to school at my community college. I was your average student in high school, but here at college I loved it! I got a 3.5 the first semester, and by the end of the year I got a 4.0 and was on the Dean’s List! I started to take care of myself for my health and myself and my family. It was not for a man. This is why I think the bulk of my weight is still off. I did it for the right reasons, not to get a man, or do it just for a man. Well, anyways, here I am married and in love and still (trying anyways) to continue to take care of Laurie. So you never know mom’s and dad’s maybe it won’t be your kids who move away,it might be you!