After Years Of Raising Teens, It’s Time For Me To Be Selfish And I’m Not Sorry

Last fall, I was slapped in the face with the questions nearly all parents eventually have to answer:

“Who am I now that my child is an adult?”

“How will I use this time?”

“Where do I want to be?”

“What do I have to offer this world?”

These questions danced around my head for several years leading up to the Launching the Young Adult, but they didn’t even begin to crystallize until his senior year in high school.

And yet……this week, I’m preparing for a week-long writing retreat — this will be...