Without a doubt, the transition to life as an empty nester is challenging. After all, when you’ve spent 18 or more years with child-rearing as your primary focus, it only makes sense that the empty nest ...
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Six Ways to Bless and Encourage Your Adult Kids
Whether our kids are Millennials or part of Gen Z, what we do and what we say as parents still means the world to them. Oh, they may act like they're all independent and adulty, but deep down, even they will ...
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Eight Great Things About the Empty Nest (And How to Embrace It)
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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