As a mum one of the hardest things for me was letting our kids leave & start their own life away from home. We've been empty nesters for about 7 years now & although we're happy to be in this time of our life I still love to have our kids & grandson around us whenever possible. I've always planned yearly family holidays to get us all together. Sometimes it worked & sometimes one of the kids would be missing. We haven't spent a Christmas all together for 6 years now and I'm lo