To make sure that her son was okay and, also, to ease the lump in her throat. Daughters and mothersWith a daughter who had a nest of her own and a son ready to take wing she had prepared well for the inevitability of an empty nest. She had thought her daughter would leave a vacuum, a gaping hole that would be hard to fill. But now that her son was getting ready to leave too, she felt her whole world would go with him. In the fast pace of life, between board meetings and gala events he would miss the evenings spent doing nothing.

Source: The Hindu July 08, 2017 18:33 UTC