tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post7172822443248591325..comments2023-10-21T14:30:15.714+01:00Comments on Helena Halme Author: ChangesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-54965791681692383352010-05-04T03:59:03.115+01:002010-05-04T03:59:03.115+01:00I can soooo relate to this post, with my only daug...I can soooo relate to this post, with my only daughter off at college and having sold my home of 10 years—though moving from one city to another; no cows in my future! All best to you in the sale of your home—and in your new life, which will be as rich and rewarding (in different ways) as your old life with children at home. xoSusan Champlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10048154401015032595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-2252436741847147502010-05-03T23:43:27.382+01:002010-05-03T23:43:27.382+01:00I hope the transition goes easily..I know when I l...I hope the transition goes easily..I know when I left home ( I was the last) that it was very hard for my Mom. BUT, like you said above, now when we get together its like good friends spending time together. I cherish it.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-15196525394917721792010-05-03T23:16:33.020+01:002010-05-03T23:16:33.020+01:00Helena, you got me on this one. My oldest two are ...Helena, you got me on this one. My oldest two are in University and I have a 16 and 10 year old at home. My husband keeps suggesting boarding school for my youngest when the 16 year old finally goes off to University and I feel a lump in my throat every time he says it. All this moving from country to country has some lovely benefits but having to leave your children spread around the globe is the hardest part. <br /><br />I can appreciate your need to move on. When it is time, it is time and you just know it!<br /><br />Jeanne:)Jeanne Henriqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986759909478180763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-55200012160796996552010-05-03T19:49:57.706+01:002010-05-03T19:49:57.706+01:00I know exactly what you mean too. As my two have ...I know exactly what you mean too. As my two have grown older I have become increasingly less important to them - other than as a source of comfort/reassurance, assistance with homework, money and lifts! They are now 16 and 18 and I find myself on my own increasingly at weekends (I am a widow). It can be quite demoralising. However, I do have a life of my own and am now planning long weekends and holidays with friends and my sisters as I am not required all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-86655131243398524582010-05-03T14:49:08.355+01:002010-05-03T14:49:08.355+01:00Kittie, I'm just a sharing kind of gal, or the...Kittie, I'm just a sharing kind of gal, or then completely egoistical...<br /><br />Wilderness and Chic Mama, don't fear it, enjoy the children while they're with you (not that I did!) Actually, when they do come and stay now, it's like having some really good friends over. So it's really lovely.<br /><br />Looking Fab, I think you might have got it right. Damn, should have staggered my children even more. ;))<br /><br />Helena xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-61603464453189268392010-05-03T10:46:22.023+01:002010-05-03T10:46:22.023+01:00My eldest daughter left home just after Xmas 2008 ...My eldest daughter left home just after Xmas 2008 and 10 months later, beginning of Oct 09, middle daughter left for Uni. It was, and still is, really hard for me I am so glad I still have two at home and with little man only being 9, hopefully I have got ages yet before I am left alone.Style At Every Agehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08651040515126111051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-90630284620443330022010-05-02T22:28:56.167+01:002010-05-02T22:28:56.167+01:00I am dreading that so much...already. Time goes by...I am dreading that so much...already. Time goes by so quickly. <br />When we first moved to the country I found it all very traumatic and now pine for the City. <br />Good luck with the sale. Hope you are well. XXChic Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803588856685163353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-26048385601971427422010-05-02T16:41:48.665+01:002010-05-02T16:41:48.665+01:00Helena I totally get you .. I love to be in the hu...Helena I totally get you .. I love to be in the hub of the family I am increasingly aware that my babies are eventually going to leave, I know though more than them, its my husband that will not move anywhere more urban than here, in fact if he had his way we would be surrounded with hundreds of acres of land, so that we had no one close by... I have become accustomed to this and do enjoy it, as long as I have my London city fixes xxWildernesschichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204518870992194687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717764352812681670.post-16912813106782285582010-05-02T16:27:50.503+01:002010-05-02T16:27:50.503+01:00What a sharing post! Thank you! I don't thin...What a sharing post! Thank you! I don't think your emotions were dramatic, not at all. Just life. And I so understood when you said you were ready to Go. Once the decision's been made to get on with it, I'm impatient to do just that.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.com