Change / Empty Nest / Relationships
Merry Christmas
What happens when the best laid plans go awry? I have to admit I’m a pretty organized person when it comes to the holidays and with my life in general. I have been known to have my Christmas Cards signed, sealed and stamped on Thanksgiving weekend. But there are some years when it just doesn’t […]
Empty Nest / Relationships
Great, when do you go back?
“You just wait” This was the warning a friend had given me about the first Thanksgiving break we would have since our son left for college. “You’ll be counting down the minutes until he goes back to school.” I remember thinking: “She’s insane, I can’t wait for him to come home!” But waiting is exactly […]
Empty Nest
When you get “The Call”
What to do when you get “the call” It is bound to happen, sooner or later you are going to get one of these calls; you will hear your son or daughter’s voice and your heart will plummet … “um, mom, I need to tell you something”. And you wait for the other shoe to […]