Mans Castle Ending (Last In 3 Part Series)Read Part 1 and 2 Below First

Well my son arrived home today. Great to have a body in the house besides mine. You see a mans home may be his castle but we really don't want a castle we want the home. The thing that makes the difference is a castle is cold and silent a home is warm and loud. I think it takes a couple of days alone to realize how much you miss the kaos and noise of children. As a parent of 2 teenage girls and a 7 year old boy my wife and I's time can be seem to revolve around their needs. It is about to get worse as Nathan starts football this month witch means everyday practice. But as much as we will wine about our time being manipulated, as parents we are only lying to ourselves if we think we would have it any other way. Spend a couple days all by yourself and this becomes very easy to see. We live vicariously through our children. I think that's why you see alot more empty nesters splitting up. We get so used to living through our children when they leave our identities can seem to go with them. Then you are just sitting alone in the castle as the home has left. It doesn't happen over night either. I think we have a shovel in our hands and start to dig the moat around our castle at about my age 42. Alot of people this age are probably like myself. I have a 20 year old out on his own and my 15 and 14 year old girls are not to far from collage. Most people my age are at this point or closer to being empty nesters. Although I still have my 7 year old the house will still seem empty in a hurry. So let me offer this little bit of advice. As I sat in the tower of my castle and reflected the last couple of days it occured to me that we still need to find common interests with the spouses outside of the kids. That way the shovel in our hands can be planting flowers for a home and not digging the moat for a castle. As always let me know what you think and hit a sponsor on the way out as a guys gotta eat.