Abby Wambach
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When the kids are younger, you're a different kind of person and a parent than when they're a little bit older, getting into their teenage years and becoming young adults. And so their needs change. And we've been talking a lot about this because we're getting to the point where our youngest is about to go to college, empty nesters.
When the kids are younger, you're a different kind of person and a parent than when they're a little bit older, getting into their teenage years and becoming young adults. And so their needs change. And we've been talking a lot about this because we're getting to the point where our youngest is about to go to college, empty nesters.
When the kids are younger, you're a different kind of person and a parent than when they're a little bit older, getting into their teenage years and becoming young adults. And so their needs change. And we've been talking a lot about this because we're getting to the point where our youngest is about to go to college, empty nesters.
And we're wondering, oh, are we building a life so that they keep coming back to? Or are we building a life that we want to live in? And I think it's probably going to be a mixture of both. But the truth is they're not going to come back very often as time continues to go on. So we have to figure out a world in which we want to live in with each other. That maybe when they pop in, it's good.
And we're wondering, oh, are we building a life so that they keep coming back to? Or are we building a life that we want to live in? And I think it's probably going to be a mixture of both. But the truth is they're not going to come back very often as time continues to go on. So we have to figure out a world in which we want to live in with each other. That maybe when they pop in, it's good.
And we're wondering, oh, are we building a life so that they keep coming back to? Or are we building a life that we want to live in? And I think it's probably going to be a mixture of both. But the truth is they're not going to come back very often as time continues to go on. So we have to figure out a world in which we want to live in with each other. That maybe when they pop in, it's good.
This is such an interesting question because there's work involved. Work versus family. Can you do the both?
This is such an interesting question because there's work involved. Work versus family. Can you do the both?
This is such an interesting question because there's work involved. Work versus family. Can you do the both?
I also think that there's something inside of Shira's question that has a desire for structure. And when we have the conversations around families and children and all of the stuff that I know Shira knows about and a business that she's running and her husband and dealing with it, It is nice to feel as though that there is some sort of structure in place in our lives. But there just isn't.
I also think that there's something inside of Shira's question that has a desire for structure. And when we have the conversations around families and children and all of the stuff that I know Shira knows about and a business that she's running and her husband and dealing with it, It is nice to feel as though that there is some sort of structure in place in our lives. But there just isn't.
I also think that there's something inside of Shira's question that has a desire for structure. And when we have the conversations around families and children and all of the stuff that I know Shira knows about and a business that she's running and her husband and dealing with it, It is nice to feel as though that there is some sort of structure in place in our lives. But there just isn't.
We're all just making it up. All of us. And because our parents did it in a vastly different way than most of us are doing it now, My parents are still in the same house that I was born in. For me, it's like I do like structure liberates me in a way to be like held to also be free within it.
We're all just making it up. All of us. And because our parents did it in a vastly different way than most of us are doing it now, My parents are still in the same house that I was born in. For me, it's like I do like structure liberates me in a way to be like held to also be free within it.
We're all just making it up. All of us. And because our parents did it in a vastly different way than most of us are doing it now, My parents are still in the same house that I was born in. For me, it's like I do like structure liberates me in a way to be like held to also be free within it.
But also as these children grow up and as you grow up, like when we become adults, I think people just assume at 25 that we're now adults forever. Like my 35-year-old self was very different than my 25.
But also as these children grow up and as you grow up, like when we become adults, I think people just assume at 25 that we're now adults forever. Like my 35-year-old self was very different than my 25.
But also as these children grow up and as you grow up, like when we become adults, I think people just assume at 25 that we're now adults forever. Like my 35-year-old self was very different than my 25.
My 45-year-old self is going to be very different than 35.
My 45-year-old self is going to be very different than 35.