by Amanda Cleary Eastep | Nov 27, 2017 | Family, Parenting/Emptying Nest, Relationships
By Amanda Cleary Eastep “You have that look.” My eighteen-year-old daughter says this as we hold each other in an embrace that sighs, “Don’t leave home,” and responds, “I … Read...
by Amanda Cleary Eastep | Nov 14, 2017 | Family, Parenting/Emptying Nest, Relationships
By Amanda Cleary Eastep I never set out to be friends with my daughters. I was happy and grateful enough to be their mother. God forbid I would be the … Read...
by Michelle Van Loon | Nov 3, 2017 | Family, Relationships
If you browse the parenting bookshelves at a local bookstore or pull up the category at Amazon, you’ll see dozens of trusty manuals filled with black-and-white counsel about breastfeeding, sleep … 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...