Is the 'mum' label for life?  Last updated 05:00 30/06/2012
empty nest Getty Images EMPTY NEST SYNDROME: There's a well-
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urge to re-appraise.  Writing in a New York Times blog, the
mother-of-two is reflective as she watches her children leave
home: "And here I stand, with a sudden need to affix a label to
myself besides 'Mom'.  "'Mom' has become an old, tattered
metaphorical nametag for me, out-of-date, unusable."  Proud of
her "mom stripes" and wondering - if not lamenting - if she
"mistakenly tossed aside" a career, the 49-yea