Day One

Today is my first day of blogging.  There are several reasons why I want to blog, but the main reason is to mark the beginning of a new phase of my life...the empty nest.  I am not sure what I really want to say in this blog yet, but I am hoping to open my world to other Mom's that have entered this strange new world.  I live in Virginia with my wonderful husband of 27 years.  Our only child, our son Eric, started college this year in the same town, but feels like he is a world away....where has the last 19 years gone?  I know most of us feel this way when our last child leaves the nest, but as I sit here writing, I feel both terribly sad and terribly excited at the same time.  After all the years of wishing for more "me" time...here it is and a part of me aches for the days of packing lunches, running to school events, doing crafts, watching him play video games, listening to his music, go to the bookstore together and just spending time with my wonderful young man.