Empty Nest on Shine

Blogging is awesome!

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I'm so excited that my first blogging experience last night was a success. Thank you for the five posts letting me know the dealio! Yes there is a lot to say about my teenage daughters. I have 3 that are in college and it has been an interesting experience in letting go and trusting that they…

A Marriage for All Seasons

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Peggy and Jim have a great partnership. But here, in her own words, Peggy describes how the relationship changed when their sons grew up.…

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...

New Orleans After the Storm

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The house above looks like any aged cottage sitting in an older city. Actually, it is sitting above a first floor that has heavy equipment parked in front, barracades on the street, and a general melancholy aide memoire.

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...

My Blogging Journal

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My son leaves for college 2000 miles away in less than 2 months. There is so much to do and empty home fears keep leaving the unconscious. When blog ideas strike, I need to write.

A Quiet House

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Silence...I used to pray for it when my girls were little. There was so much screaming and laughing and running and arguing and crying, then laughing again...I felt it today. The silence that I longed for so long ago. A week ago, my older daughter got on a plane...