Two years ago, right after starting this blog, I took my mother to the beach with my cousin. Before that, it had been over 10 years since I had a trip with my mother. I always traveled with my son, a significant other, or friends. When my mother would ask about going on vacation together, I was busy with life and just like in the song Cat's In The Cradled, responded :
"I don't know when
But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then."
In this empty nest period
even though you're still a parent to your child, it's like retirement because your child is now an adult and busy with
his/her life. My mother turned 80 this year! It’s time to try a new kind
of vacation, one with my mother. But we'll get together then
You know we'll have a good time then."