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While parenting certainly never ends—I know I still need my mom, even as a mom myself—there is a point where it eases up a bit. It might happen slowly, or all at once when your youngest heads to college, but at some point, you have as much time for yourself again as you did before becoming a mom. With a little luck and planning, you also have the life experience and resources to invest in yourself and explore new beginnings. You can think about what you want to do next, and even who you want to be, now that raising children doesn’t eat up every moment of the day and every ounce of your energy. (And if you’re still in the cyclone of the sippy cup and diaper years, trying to get everything done during naptime, you can find a glimpse ...