Empty Nest

The Foursome: A Reflection

By Sue and Denny Koska Yesterday came and went, mostly uneventful, with the exception of enrolling our five-year-old grandson for kindergarten in fall, and forgetting that a friend was coming by at exactly the same time. Two years ago, June 2 at 10:30 a.m., the phone rang and I learned of three young grandchildren in [...]

By |2012-03-07T11:02:14-08:00March 7th, 2012|A Further Journey|1 Comment

The Empty Nest Syndrome Needn’t Be Negative

Finding the Positives in a Significant Change By Linda Sasser, Ph.D. “It will be gone before you know it. The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher. Then suddenly they disappear." Dorothy Evslin One woman was describing her first grocery shopping trip after her youngest child had left for college. She said she reached [...]

By |2020-09-14T10:19:39-07:00November 8th, 2011|A Further Journey|0 Comments

Aging Well: The Family Table

By Missy Buchanan  Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center A couple of years ago, my husband and I built a smaller home to mark the beginning of a new season in our lives. Our youngest child had completed college and had accepted a job in New York. We were real empty nesters, not [...]

By |2020-09-14T10:20:08-07:00January 18th, 2010|A Further Journey|0 Comments
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