How to Parent a College Student: 6 Winning Ideas I am frequently asked to recommend resources for new and not-so-new empty nest moms. Michelle Weiner, an empty nest coach, has written this guest post How to Parent a College Student: 6 Winning Ideas. She offers tips for positive parenting in the empty nest years and beyond. Check out her ideas for parenting college students below then head over to her website for more tips and tricks for thriving during your empty nest years. How to Parent a College Student: 6 Winning Ideas This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and ..read more

Empty Nest Devotional Book I am frequently asked to recommend resources for new and not-so-new empty nest moms, so I keep my eyes peeled for the best empty nest resources. Kristen Strong is an author I have followed for several years. I included her book Back Roads to Belonging on my list of 10 Best Books for Empty Nesters. Kristen is now facing her own transition to becoming an empty nester and has written an Empty Nest Devotional Book. I invite you to read about her journey and to hear about her new book The Changing Nest: A 12 Day Devotional for the Mom of the Graduate. Her book ..read more

Resources for Parents of College Students as They Head Back to School   ? Say it isn’t so! It can’t really be time to get ready for the kids to head back to school or to move them to college!!! This August will be our LAST Back to School in the college realm. ? I’m not sure I have ever been as hot as the day we moved our daughter into the dorm 3 years ago. After unloading I had to park about a mile from the dorm and walk. This was Texas, y’all, in August! And then they had the brilliant idea to have a picnic OUTSIDE for us to tell our kids goodbye. I have compiled a list of Resources fo ..read more

 Summer 2022 Book Recommendations It’s Memorial Day weekend and I plan to spend at least some of it reading in the sun. Here are my reviews of some of the books I have read in the last year. I always love to hear what you have read and loved. I consider reading to be one of my empty nest hobbies!   For more book recommendations: Summer 2021 Book Recommendations Summer 2020 Book Recommendations 10 Best Books for Empty Nesters Summer 2022 Book Recommendations   This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a small com ..read more

Galentine’s Day Ideas – DIY Charcuterie Board     Galentine’s Day is February 13 – the day when girlfriends celebrate each other and their relationships. I am sending my daughter a DIY Charcuterie Board. I think it is one of the best Galentine’s Day Ideas. I have packaged up some slate boards, and tons of beautiful red and pink items for her and her friends to snack on. For more care package ideas:  College Care Package Ideas for Every Occasion.   Galentine’s Day Ideas – DIY Charcuterie Board This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on a link an ..read more

17 Tips for Empty Nesting, College and Life Prep, and Parenting Teens It’s been a strange week. I cut my finger slicing carrots, then I got tested for Covid after my sweet physician husband put on a steri-strip at his office. I had texted him to say I could not get my finger to stop bleeding. He told me to come up to the office. His text auto-corrected to “steroid strip,” so I thought he had some magic strip that would stop the bleeding, but no, it was just a super tight band-aid. In addition to my gross finger I also complained of a scratchy throat, congestion, and a headache. Off to the la ..read more

7 Best Holiday Planners  Start your engines. It’s list making season. Gift lists. Meal lists. Grocery lists. Budget lists. Event lists. Lists. Lists. Lists. Every list reflects decisions made. How much to spend. What to cook. What to buy. And of course, the most important decision is whether to create all of these lists on paper or your phone, computer, or tablet. (Or a combination.) This is a BIG decision. I am a combo gal. There is no way I am adding up a column of numbers by hand no matter how cute the piece of paper is where I wrote the numbers down. I normally make my grocery list o ..read more

Empty Nest Survival Kit  Do you have a friend who is a new empty nester who could use some encouragement? Create an Empty Nest Survival Kit to put a smile on her face while she is going through the transition from a full nest to an empty nest. (It’s ok to make an empty nest survival kit for yourself!) Read all of my Empty Nest posts.      Empty Nest Survival Kit This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. For more information, see t ..read more

Football Care Package Ideas     Are you ready for some football? If your college student’s school has football, you can bet they are. Use these football care package ideas to help them get ready with a fun care package.  For more care package ideas:  College Care Package Ideas for Every Occasion. Football Care Package Ideas This post contains affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. For more information, see the full disclosure in the foot bar ..read more

Help for Empty Nest Moms: Let Go of Impossible  Letting go of the limiting belief that it will be impossible to overcome empty nest syndrome is a help for empty nest moms. As new empty nest moms we often believe we are trapped – trapped in circumstances that make it impossible to move forward after our kids leave home. We worry we are too old, have too much baggage, and have too many obligations. We think we don’t have enough money or time. Changing our mindset from impossible to possible is a crucial stage in a journey toward a fulfilling empty nest. For all of my empty nest posts: Emp ..read more