The insiders trilogy by tijan6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() I had lived away from home for many years, so there were no constant reminders. My loss never arose in conversation or needed to be explained. Being embedded in work probably helped, and with my main points of social contact being colleagues at work and child-free friends, there was little conversation of families of origin. ![]() Still, with the energy and zeal of a young(ish) person, I somehow moved on. In an age when it is the norm for 30-somethings to move back home, I found myself without a home to go to. Suddenly untethered, I found myself adrift in the world as that curious creature, the adult orphan - simultaneously old enough to function independently and young enough to still want parental advice and support. It often indicates a user profile.įalling unwittingly under Oscar Wilde's banner of carelessness, by my mid-30s, I had lost both my parents. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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