The 30-year itch

I got this from one of my online "lists" today.

"One of the biggest mistakes parents, and especially mothers, make is to build their entire world around their kids... only to find that when their children leave that world for college or a career, there is a strange man sleeping next to them. Or, no man at all because he realized long ago that he had lost his wife to the children. Sure, it's important to focus on our children. But ladies, if you don't put your husband first, he may be tempted to fill that void in his life with something or someone else. Make your spouse a top priority.

"Remember, your family first."

And here is my response to the poster:

"This is really great advice. I tried to follow it, because when all is said and done, children do grow up and move away. We had 5 kids--and all their friends, etc...but our oldest is now almost 30, and our youngest is almost 21. The "baby" will be leaving for a Church mission, serving for 18 months shortly after Christmas, and we will be true empty-nesters. You know what? We are looking forward to it. We still enjoy each other's company, and doing "stuff" together. That is not to say that we haven't each had our "own" activities--because we certainly have!