How To Accept That What “Used To Be” Is Over
Used To Bes Don’t Count AnymoreAs parents of adult children, we must let go of what used to be if ...
How To Love That Perfect Stranger in Your Home
Who Is This Person In My House? So, the children are gone, just like that. They grew up, and they ...
How To Overcome Social Anxiety as an Empty Nester
Empty Nesters Have a Tough Time With Social Engagement Social anxiety is tricky to address. But if I am going ...
How To Get Enough Sleep During Empty Nesting Years
Empty Nesters: Go To Sleep This article discusses a health concern affecting people of all ages, and empty nesters ...
How Can Lonely Empty Nesters Set Emotionally Healthy Milestones?
A Series of Articles About MilestonesIn this article, I will spill the gumbo on how to set emotionally healthy milestones ...
Please, Come Home For Christmas. If Not, By New Year’s Night
’Tis The SeasonAll parents want their children to come home for Christmas. But this time of year brings a greater ...
When You Express Gratitude You Will Be Given Even More Reasons To Be Grateful
"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others." - Marcus Tullius Cicero ...
How Alligator Pears Can Energize Your Life
My Parents’ Favorite Snack I am just beginning to make friends with my parents’ favorite fruit, Alligator Pears. Here is ...
My Children Left Home and I Learned The Best Lesson
I Was Caught Off Guard Have you ever been caught off guard by something you thought you had prepared well ...
It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday
Preach and CochiseBeyond a situation involving physical death, I wondered why it’s so hard to say goodbye to the past. ...
Syngonium ‘Llano-Carti Road’
How It Started Nearly five years ago, I posted on Instagram that I hate Syngonium houseplants and swore not to ...
How To Expand Your Plant Collection: Hoya Lacunosa Mint
I am continuing my articles on trying new plants, and it’s another Hoya. The Hoya Lacunosa Mint has small, shiny, ...
How To Find the Courage To Try A New Houseplant
I love trailing plants, but some scare me. Hoya is one such plant for reasons I will share below. But ...
What To Do When Your Adult Children Need Time Away
This article speaks to the positive ways we can live during estrangement or the empty nest syndrome. You know ...
How To Take Care of a Zamioculcas Zamiifolia Plant
It’s Easier to Say “ZZ” Sitting here having breakfast with a cup of hot instant coffee, I noticed a ...
How To Avoid Gaslighting Wounded Children
This article discusses ways to avoid gaslighting wounded children when they are ready to discuss their experiences while growing up ...
7 Ways Empty-Nesters Overcompensate When They Are Vulnerable
Overcompensation According to Miriam Webster, overcompensation is an Excessive reaction to a feeling of inferiority, guilt, or inadequacy leading to an ...
How To Contact Adult Children The Way They Prefer
Many empty-nesting parents have difficulty accepting the rights their adult children have earned. But until they grasp this as ...