Is it spring? Really :-O

It is a slow coming spring this year, but I can not help but get excited and look forward to the sun !! I know it is coming soon, and we have had a little glimpse here and there.
The buds , daffodils, and the fact that I have a litter of Beagle puppies coming in a week all contribute to my optimism.
I am getting a baby yellow sided conure, and am thinking how cute he/she will be.
New life, New hope, New energy.
I have lost 12 lbs. and am still going.
I am happy, and blessed <3 I have great kids !!

Empty Nesting

I wondered what this was about? With 7 kids I never thought I would be dealing with this.
But now with number 5 graduating this June, and numbers 6 and 7 right behind her, I am now starting to feel the empty feeling.
What is next for me after they are on their way........I am wondering who I am if not a mother any more.
I have spent the better part of my life caring for others. My husband, kids, grandkids, Elderly parents, foster children, ect. and onward. I began at 9 as the eldest child of my family caring for my siblings while my parents worked. I had my first child at 17 years old.
I can hardly remember not being a mother.

So, to re-define myself now is really hard. I have time to myself and do not know what to do with it. I do not have millions to go places, so I just have limited options, and I do not even know what that is.
A Hobby you say......... I have those, but they do not even fill me up.
I believe that fostering might help, but I am not sure what is the answer for me?

With God's help, some patience for life, I hope the door will open that I need to walk through next.