Recently, while talking about our kids graduating high school and venturing off to figure out where they fit into the world, we also found ourselves daydreaming about helping them shop department store and thrift goodies for their first apartments. I am as frugal as they come. For the longest time, I did not have décor …
If you come here often, you already know that Midlife Boulevard focuses largely on women in their 40s and 50s who are right in the middle of tackling the challenges that mid-life throws our way, so you can imagine how much I relate to The Other F Word by Caytha Jentis. She is proving …
Is There Life After Parenting? Read more life after parenting from Christine Field on her site, RealMomLife. Like many moms, I gave my ALL to mothering. All my energy and creativity. Mothering grew and shaped me in ways I could not have imagined. But time, toddlers, and teens have marched on. The days of up-to-my-elbows mothering have …
Laurie shares thoughts on growing up, growing older and growing (hopefully) wiser over at LaurieStoneWrites.com. You think you’ll feel one way about something, but end up feeling another. My oldest son Patrick moved out recently. I expected to feel easy-going about it, ready. After all, he’s 25. It’s time. But I felt something different. The …
Lori Pelikan Strobel blogs on her website of the same name where she shares stories of navigating motherhood and womanhood with an empty nest and a dog. This post was originally featured there. It’s the season of commencements. It’s the time to be inspired, to do something new, and to start an adventure. Parenting your new …