Nottingham Post published ​Revd Karen Rooms: Coping with an empty nest wasn't easy

St Ann's vicar, Revd Karen Rooms, looks back to the day her youngest son flew the nest.Leaving my youngest son at Gatwick for his flight to Mongolia, where he worked for five months before going to university, was terrible. A weepy motorway journey home was followed by an emotional evening meeting at church. I spent the next day on the sofa watching films with stomach cramps and sickness, armed with a hot water bottle. There was nothing 'wrong' with me, medically speaking. It turned out to be my