it's another empty nest question or maybe it's just a sharing of fear. I'm a single parent, and I have twins, so it's everything at once. they staggered leaving this year - one is at university not too far away (so I see her about every two weeks) and the other has been at home with me earning money. but that's about to change as he's about to go travelling in africa for four months, and I can also hear them right now downstairs making plans for travelling the entire summer and when the summer is over, the second one starts at a university an hours flight away with extremely short holidays and then they will both be off. I feel like I'll never get out of bed. I don't have regular work so I don't have a daytime routine to distract me. so much of my life has been built around them - I was a stay at home parent for years and years - and I'm so proud of them both - they are independent and full of life and happiness. but I feel sad for myself. I'm also an older parent so I've probably got only a decade left before health issues kick in. i feel a bit scared and sad by what's ahead