Tag: Empty-nest

• Book Review and Giveaway – Doing Life with Your Adult Children

  

  My husband and I now have an empty-nest and are no longer expected to parent our adult children. Correction: we’re no longer “welcome” to parent them! 😉 So what’s an older mom to do? Sign up for senior aerobics? Spend her time at the mall, grieving away her sorrows with purchases-a-plenty? Being a mom is…

  BethSteffaniak

  March 24, 2019

  About Me, Acceptance, Alienation, Boundaries, Change, Choices, Communication, Conflict, Connection, Discouragement, Empty-nest, Encouragement, Expectations, Identity, In-Laws, Marriage, Messy Mom’s and Dad’s, Motherhood, Parenthood, Perseverance, Positive Focus, Realistic Expectations, Respect

  Adult Child, Adult Children, Boundaries, Communication, Empty-nest, Parenting, Respect

• 3 Ways I’m Dealing with an Empty-Nest

  

  I’m walking over an incredibly monumental transition or “threshold” in my life—that of being a full-fledged Empty Nester. Since that’s the case, I’ve felt like it might be good to do a series on the many “thresholds” we all go through in marriage and life. I will be alternating these posts with my videos that…

  BethSteffaniak

  September 24, 2016

  About Me, Acceptance, Change, Choices, Christ-Centered, Emotions, Empty-nest, Encouragement, Expectations, Faith in God, Grief, Motherhood, Pain, Parenthood, Positive Focus, Prayer, Self-Reflection, Surrender, Vulnerability

  Confusion, Empty-nest, Grief, Loss, Mom Issues, Motherhood, Pain, Parenthood, Prayer

• How Grief Softens the Heart

  

  When I set about to organize, clean, and prepare my house for selling last month, I didn’t realize how this process of purging would hit so close to home . . . as in my heart. One of the monumental moments happened when my hubby took a couple of days to get away and prepare…

  BethSteffaniak

  July 12, 2016

  About Me, Acceptance, Change, Christ-Centered, Emotions, Grief, Humility, Love of God, Motherhood, Parenthood, Pride, Self-awareness, Self-Reflection, Soft Heart Series, Spiritual Growth, Surrender, Thankfulness, Wedded Wednesday

  Empty-nest, Grief, Letting go, Motherhood, Parenthood, Soft Heart, Surrender, Transitions