Comments on: The End or The Beginning? https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/the-end-or-the-beginning/ The (mid)life and times of a fashion-obsessed, coffee-fuelled, words junkie Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Suzanne W https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/the-end-or-the-beginning/#comment-9764 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:43:47 +0000 https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/?p=7300#comment-9764 In reply to BLEKE.

Thank you for your continued support in reading over the years. You always write such thoughtful comments. Reverse parenthood will be hard I know, I’m still getting through this version!

]]> By: Suzanne W https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/the-end-or-the-beginning/#comment-9763 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 16:42:09 +0000 https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/?p=7300#comment-9763 In reply to Sarah MumofThree World.

It will go so quickly as well! Try to savour every moment, although I was totally over it by the time the last one was at school and so was he tbh. Life moves so fast hey?

]]> By: BLEKE https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/the-end-or-the-beginning/#comment-9125 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:47:20 +0000 https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/?p=7300#comment-9125 Suzanne,
Notification of a long-awaited new blogpost from you seems quite appropriate now that a summer of rather mixed weather has given way to a warm and sunny early autumn!
“In my end is my beginning”, as T.S.Eliot put it.
“Don’t lose sight of yourself”: As far as I can tell, you haven’t — and this despite experiencing some stressful life-events.
“It’s never too late to change, or apologise”: True. However, apologies are easy, and some people’s apologies don’t signify much. Change is far more worthwhile, but it’s like herding cats or pulling teeth. IIRC, Jesus said a lot about change, but not much about apologies.
“[R]ecognising that this [school mum] season has passed, whilst being open to whatever the new one has to offer.” That must be the right attitude. Some things that may (or may not) lie ahead for you are not difficult to predict: on the one hand, grandchildren, on the other hand, reverse parenthood, which is of course what gave me the impetus to start blogging. One friend of mine, who is a little past sixty, is currently dealing with grandchildren plus reverse parenthood! You’ll need to be flexible, because some of the things that lie ahead for you and your family are almost certainly not on anyone’s radar.
We’re always here to listen, and to offer you our support.

]]> By: Sarah MumofThree World https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/the-end-or-the-beginning/#comment-9124 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:25:07 +0000 https://insideoutsideandbeyond.com/?p=7300#comment-9124 I love reading this and was nodding along with all of it (although I never did join the PTA!). I’ve got just one more year as a ‘school mum’ and it is already feeling rather strange.

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