Adolescence is an in-between time. A time when you're no longer a child, but you're not yet an adult. A time to experiment.
I did it once, then I settled down into my nice comfortable life as a wife and mother. Love surrounded me in the form of my husband and two children. My grievances were minor.
Eight years ago, my husband died of cancer and my youngest child went to join her brother in college in California. I became a widow and an empty-nester within two months. Then I was bat-shit crazy for about four years.
Now I'm better, sort of, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Life can be very interesting when you're dancing on shaky ground. So, this blog is likely to be a bit shaky, with bits of this and that thrown in. I hope it makes you think, laugh, and feel a little less alone. It's like John Lennon wrote, "Whatever gets you through the night." And trust me, there are a lot of nights.
Adult Onset Adolescence: The adventures of being single and fifty-something: a widowed, empty nester who is too old to start a new family (as in having kids) but way too young to sit around playing bridge and waiting to die (Horrors!). So I have begun my second adolescence: college, dating, and looking for a new life somewhere between the by-gone idyllic family of four and the unknown future. It's a crazy world out there, and I hope to share my little piece of it with you.
New reader here. Wonderful title, even for those of us who are ostensibly all settled.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't forget you were a minister, even if it was just for my wedding! LOL!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading about your second teenager-hood/adolescence. Have fun!
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