You did well if both of your sons are graduated from college and working. Many children that age are still living at home. It's too bad they couldn't find jobs nearer to home (or perhaps they wanted to live on the west coast), but that's the job market these days -- and it's been that way for a long time. I am retiring at the end of this month after working for 40 years, and I moved several times during my first few years of work. Much of my family lives in Georgia, and that's where I went to college, but I ended up in North Carolina. It's a great place for cycling.

:thumb: may God bless.

our 2 are going back to school at the end of the week & I got real sad at the grocery store last night cuz there was little for me to buy & I got nostalgic thinking about when they 1st came home in December & how we needed to stock up on their favorites

My oldest is in grad school for a PhD in engineering and no longer near home.

My youngest just graduated with an engineering degree in December. She's on a graduation ski trip now and starts work as an engineer end of the month.

We love it when they're home, we're loving watching them succeed and we're enjoying the spontaneity we used to have before kids. Both of us retire in this coming year and can't wait for all the fun skiing, biking, sailing trips we've got planned.

So, while I'd have to say when the kids first left the nest it was hard, but there are benefits that compensate so it's not worse, it's just different. It's the next stage....

J.