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Save Some for Me: Inspiration for Single Mothers and the People who Love Them
by Susan A. Jennings
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 The Tornado Subsides: Picking Up the Pieces-20 Years Just for Me
Almost 20 years has past since 'that fateful day." James, the youngest, graduates from university this year and the other children are settling into their adult lives. It felt strange, like the uneasy calm after the storm. The adrenaline was still pumping through my veins. I was still on high alert but there was no one home to be watched. I was racing against time but there was plenty of time. The storm had calmed but I had not, and I felt uneasy. I wondered, "What do I do now?"
The tornado left me battered and bruised, with little pieces of me scattered everywhere. My self-worth has been defined as my role of mother and protector. My mind was full of questions, my emotions depleted, my body tired and broken, my finances spent. Was there anything left for me? The children were busy with their own lives. It was time for me to step back from their lives and look to my future.
I have always had a lot of friends and it was the companionship and caring from my friends that helped to fill the void. Carol and I spent many hours talking and looking for answers. Therapists and friends suggested that we were suffering from the "empty nest" syndrome. We searched the self-help section of the library and bookstores for books on this subject, and between us we must have read them all, but nothing addressed the way we felt. Then I realized this was no empty nest, but a run down vacant building: nothing but a crumbling shell waiting for the wrecker's ball!
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