{"id":797,"date":"2024-08-18T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eno.kyj.mybluehost.me\/website_e10db08f\/?p=797"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:56:27","slug":"emptynestloading-accepting-things-i-cannot-change-toyin-falusi-nwafor-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tfalandchi.com\/stagingsite\/emptynestloading-accepting-things-i-cannot-change-toyin-falusi-nwafor-md\/","title":{"rendered":"#Emptynestloading- Accepting things I cannot Change- Toyin Falusi Nwafor, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">As my babygirl leaves for college in 2 weeks (heartache), I know she will thrive but I will miss her terribly.&nbsp; Just getting used to babygirl 1 being away and I know this will be MUCH harder. Change is difficult ( and there will be tears), but In the spirit of accepting things we cannot change, I am reaching deep to find and focus on the positives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Here are 12 Things I am looking forward to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">1. Having a Toyin-centered schedule<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">2. Decluttering my home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">3. Finally cutting cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">4. Volunteering more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">5. Traveling even more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">6. Sleeping in a LOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">7. Cooking even less<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">8. Writing more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">9. Taking guitar lessons<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">10. Finally Mastering Spanish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">11. Visiting \/planning trips with my babygirls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">12. Eagerly awaiting holidays and long weekends when my babygirls come back home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Toyin Falusi- 8\/8\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedecadeafter.com\/tfal-and-friends\/hashtags\/thrivingafterdivorce\">#thrivingafterdivorce<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedecadeafter.com\/tfal-and-friends\/hashtags\/emptynestloading\">#emptynestloading<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For the empty nesters and soon to be empty nesters, what are you looking forward to? What did you do more off? Less off? Start ?&#8230;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As my babygirl leaves for college in 2 weeks (heartache), I know she will thrive but I will miss her terribly.&nbsp; Just getting used to babygirl 1 being away and I know this will be MUCH harder. 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