Empty Nest on Shine

What's next for the empty nester?

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My co-author and iRelaunch co-founder Carol was recently doing a prototypical parent thing—taking one of her kids, a senior in high school, for a quickie trip to visit one last possible college—when she picked up a copy of Philadelphia magazine on her US Airways flight. The baby pink cover probably caught her attention, as did, I’m sure, the headline: “You Quit Your Job to Raise Your Kids . . . And Now They’re Grown. . . Now What? . . . The Existential Crisis of the Stay-at-Home Mom” by Vicki Glembocki http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_existential_crisis_of_the_wait_at_home_mom/.

2nd Chances-What are you going to do with the other half of YOUR life?

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While on the elliptical this morning, (yes, I go to the gym to escape) I was reading an article about today's middle-aged parents on the subject of 'empty nesters'. The article was talking about how people no longer curl up and wait to die, feeling forlorn and...

Empty Nest Syndrome

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I am feeling the empty nest feeling. My son is in college and doesn't like being home for any amt of time. He was just home for a week and could hardly wait to go back. That is hard on me I miss him and just can't believe he is so grown up. My daughter is going to be a Senior and she is...