empty nest

Only Eighteen Christmases

Eighteen gets to be a gut-wrenchingly small number when you realize that’s the number of times you have to make significant memories with your kids.

Money Management 101 for College Kids

I graduated high school with a ton of bad advice on establishing a credit rating and almost no concept of financial planning beyond “How to Operate a Savings Account.” I don’t want my kids to do that.

Navigating The Summer Before College

If your daughter is heading to college next fall, you’re probably in the same place I was last year. It was my daughter’s last summer before college.

9 Reasons I Love Having Adult Children

rather than dwell on the growing pains of change in our relationship, I prefer to celebrate the positive side of being a parent to my adult kids. And there are so many reasons why…

I’m Not Ready for an Empty Nest

The great big book of parenting (which none of us actually receives) never warned me of the absolute fear I would have of an empty nest.

Only Eighteen Christmases

Eighteen gets to be a gut-wrenchingly small number when you realize that’s the number of times you have to make significant memories with your kids.

Money Management 101 for College Kids

I graduated high school with a ton of bad advice on establishing a credit rating and almost no concept of financial planning beyond “How to Operate a Savings Account.” I don’t want my kids to do that.

Navigating The Summer Before College

If your daughter is heading to college next fall, you’re probably in the same place I was last year. It was my daughter’s last summer before college.

9 Reasons I Love Having Adult Children

rather than dwell on the growing pains of change in our relationship, I prefer to celebrate the positive side of being a parent to my adult kids. And there are so many reasons why…

I’m Not Ready for an Empty Nest

The great big book of parenting (which none of us actually receives) never warned me of the absolute fear I would have of an empty nest.