Dear Mam\u00e1,<\/p>\n
I would like to know what is the \u201cempty nest?\u201d I heard two middle-aged women talking at the bus stop on 24th and Mission streets the other day. One of them was saying how sad she feels almost every day since her only child moved away from home to go to college. She said she was not prepared for feeling so lonely living in her empty nest now. Is this common for all women?<\/p>\n
\u2014Curious Canary<\/p>\n
Dear Canary,<\/em><\/p>\n The \u201cempty nest\u201d refers to changes in the American family home unit when the children grow-up, move away, and begin to live their own lives. In Latino culture, our \u201cnest\u201d is never empty. It\u2019s sort of like the glass being half full, especially when it\u2019s time to give a brindis for abuelito\u2019s 92nd birthday. There\u2019s a reason why we always say. \u201cMi casa es tu casa.\u201d The more the merrier and the many blessings children give our families live on forever.<\/em><\/p>\n Dear Mam\u00e1,<\/p>\n Why do we say \u201chella\u201d in the SF Bay Area? My new friend from Los Angeles says that I talk funny because where he\u2019s from they don\u2019t say that.<\/p>\n \u2014Mr. Webster<\/p>\n Dear Mr. Webster,<\/em><\/p>\n English is such a curious and regional language. Just continue talking your way and be proud of claiming La Misi\u00f3n as your hood, dude!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Mam\u00e1, I would like to know what is the \u201cempty nest?\u201d I heard two middle-aged women talking at the bus stop on 24th and Mission streets the other day. One of them was saying how sad she feels almost every day since her only child moved away from home to go to college. She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88891,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[118,119,29],"coauthors":[18460,25049,18445],"class_list":["post-781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voices","tag-empty-nest","tag-hella","tag-mama-metiche","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n