by ThePerennialGen | Aug 21, 2017 | Empty nest, Family
By Amy Boucher Pye It’s a scary medical term – geriatric pregnancy – and I had two of them. The “geriatric” label conjures up images of nursing homes, not cribs … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Aug 14, 2017 | Empty nest, General Thoughts
By Jeannie Prinsen Images of retirement living appear everywhere: posters in the drugstore, “Golden Years” magazines, cruise ship commercials. They often feature senior couples in crisp white-and-tan clothing strolling on … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Aug 10, 2017 | Empty nest, General Thoughts, One Gen To The Next
by Judy Allen The act of leaving the nest is a bit traumatic for everyone involved. I had the opportunity to observe the process in microcosm one summer when a … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Aug 1, 2017 | Empty nest
By Jamie Janosz The last time I was told to focus on the end product rather than my present, all-consuming pain, I was giving birth. Somehow sending my first and … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Jul 27, 2017 | Empty nest
by Beth J. Drechsel One weekend we dropped our younger son off 400 miles from our house at his new job. My husband and I spent the drive home discussing … Read...
by ThePerennialGen | Jul 24, 2017 | Empty nest
By Amy Loos Three kids, 17 moves and 27 years of marriage and we are almost there. We have one more birdie at home and then we will be empty … Read more