Empty Nest

A checklist of all the essential items to pack and bring for your son's dorm room for the first year of college.     Essential items that every college freshman guy will need in his dorm room.   Preparing for your son to leave for college for the first time? It can be a bit …

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Letting go may be the hardest step in the parenting process. Here are some inspirations and quotes to ease you through empty nest syndrome.      This blog post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure here.   Some women don't bat an eye when their last baby leaves the nest. Instead, they seamlessly move …

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A guide to building a strong family bond with your adult children, including a family strength-building workbook.     Do you want to improve your relationship with your adult children?   With the holidays and a new year and new decade approaching, this is a great time to begin working on some family relationship goals. …

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Sending your last child off to college means many changes and plenty of emotions for the brand new empty-nester.     I have had many job titles over the course of my lifetime. Associate, assistant, freelancer, independent contractor, manager, specialist, and entrepreneur, just to name a few.     Each of the positions has come and …

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What if every midlife crisis isn't a crisis at all, but it's a rebirth instead.       So, I did something. Something a bit spontaneous, but not really all that surprising.  I quit my job. I could be having a midlife crisis, but I like to think of it as a rebirth.      …

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A mother isn't needed anymore at a visit to the pediatrician with her high school senior, and realization sets in that an empty nest is coming.       It has been a busy week for my last little bird left in the nest. He's seventeen and more than midway through his senior year of …

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