Lori Pelikan Strobel can be found at her website of the same name. She can also often be found walking her dog Louie, sitting at a coffee shop, writing, or doing all of the above while working hard on her upcoming book. Here she shares a bit about life as a new empty nester and what helped …
HOW WILL YOU FILL THE HOLE? One of the hardest lessons for a parent to learn is how to let go of our children. We have invested so much of ourselves into them and they are such a huge part of our lives, what will we do when they leave? I’ve seen so many women …
Laurie blogs regularly at Looking on the Sunnyside. You can find this and other fun posts on her life, challenges and triumphs over there! When it comes to our empty nest, my husband is definitely having a harder time than I am. I find that funny considering the fact that he only recently became a …
Am I my child’s repository? This is not an existential question. Now that the kids have moved out and we’re empty nesters, many of us are clearing out closets, purging storage spaces and lightening the load of stuff stored in our house. We’re faced with mementos that we don’t know what to do with. We …
After giving my 2 year post-empty-nest report card last time here on Midlife Boulevard, a reader sent this comment and great question. …. Please address healthy, good ideas for finding your new place where you fit in their life and staying close. I realize also, that there is nothing you can do, really. They need to be …