My husband has a motto for the empty nest season of life. He says, “You can do what you want, when you want, for as long as you want!” While those sentiments might not always ring entirely true, there are some wonderful things I’ve discovered about the empty nest season of life. (Especially since I dreaded it so much once…
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How to Pray for Your Adult Children | Six Bible Verses to Use
Let’s be honest, when our children leave the nest, fear and anxiety can set in for us as parents. Personally, I find that my fear is rooted in a lack of faith, and I know from Romans 10:17 that “…faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (NKJV). My fears dissipate when I spend time in the…
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Eight Great Dates for Empty Nesters | Fun Date Ideas!
Need some new and fun date ideas to keep things fresh in the empty nest? When our kids were little, date nights were an occasion. You had to book the sitter, bathe and jammie up the kids early, prepare an evening meal for the sitter to feed them (or order the pizza!), and then get yourself ready. If you were…
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Sick and Tired of Feeling Old and Tired? Here’s Help.
Do you feel old and tired? I sometimes do. While we all have our days, fatigue, weakness, and even depression do not necessarily need to come with the territory of aging. Of course, our bodies do change as they get older; but this should be a gradual process. According to Dr. Jeanne Wei, a geriatrician who directs the Donald W….
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An Empty Nester Escape to the Florida Keys
Y’all, we’ve wanted to take a trip to the Florida Keys since way before our nest emptied. That means we had loads of articles about where to stay, eat, and play. In contrast to all of the well-planned vacations we took with our kids when they were growing up, we relished the idea of making a list of all the…
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The Business of Blogging | A Look Behind the Scenes
People ask me all the time about the business of blogging, and how I decided to start Empty Nest Blessed. Today, I’m going to give you all the scoop on blogging as a business and take you behind the scenes of my little venture into empty nester entrepreneurship. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, there are two very different types of…
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