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How many times do your kids drive you absolutely crazy in a given day? How many spills, muddy shoes, atomic diapers and barfing incidents do you have to clean up after, squabbles do you have to moderate, meals do you have to prepare, instructions do you have to repeat 47 times? Do you sometimes feel like the overwhelm of daily life will never end?
I went to a play last weekend called “Hats!”, the story of a woman coming to terms with her milestone 50th birthday. While she laments, older ladies (Red Hat Society members, hence the play’s name) recount their own life transitions, some humorous, some quite poignant. Even though the play is fictional and the characters are in a different stage of life than I am, some of the stories really hit home – especially those about having children grow up and leave.
Leave? My beautiful children won’t actually leave, will they? This is one of those basic truths that...
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