re: Did your wife change after your first kid?

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What is she going to do when they grow up?

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That’s a great question that is important to almost everyone who reads this, whether they realize it or not. My wife stayed home to raise our 4 children (last one born when we were 29). At 47 we were empty nesters. As her parenting took less time she added part time work. At 53 we became grandparents and she cut way back on work to watch the children two or three days per week,

We are 58 now. The grandchildren have been a God-send. That 6 year period between kids and grandkids was a period of drift for her. She had trouble finding meaning in her life. It’s my opinion that if a person does not have a way to contribute to the well-being of others it is impossible to be content. We can find euphoria, in materialism, but contentment will elude us.