Guide to the Empty Nest
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Barbara & Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest: Discovering New Purpose, Passion, & Your Next Great Adventure By Barbara Rainey & Susan Yates / Familylife Are you an empty nester? If your kids flown the coop and you're wondering "what next?," Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates have the answers you're seeking. Let them be your mentors and friends as you navigate through new territory. Sharing their own personal stories as well as those of many other women, they address questions such as |
I just got this book in the mail today, and I'm already devouring it!
Barbara and Susan talk about how your feelings of identity are so closely tied to your involvement in the lives of your children and teens. Then they go off to college, marry, or move into careers, and you feel lost. This year, I feel like I've been hit with a double-dose of the empty nest. My sons are grown and out of the house, and I'm also retiring from thirty-three years of teaching. Talk about feeling an identity loss! These are major changes, and I am experiencing very mixed emotions.
The book starts with an introduction of the authors, who each have several children and grandchildren. There are personal experience stories from many other women who either have gone through, or are presently going through, the empty nest transition. The stories deal with topics such as loneliness, disappointments, relating to your husband and adult kids, and caring for elderly parents. Then the book goes on to helping you move forward with your life and discovering new purpose.
Finally, at the end of the book, are appendixes on growing in our relationship with Christ and a thirty-one day focus on the character of God.
~Jessica~
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We have been empty nesters for the past 4 years Love it,love my children but now is time for my husband andI.Not much has change still have to do laundry and cook meals it's just a little less time consuming.My children and grandchildren are a big part of my life so I am still just as busy .
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Hi Tealady,
Thank you for your comments. It made me feel better. I've been sort of depressed about this lately.
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Hi jessica,
Now is really the time for yourself and your husband(if married).So many times as wives and mothers we are always taking care of others and I find it's kind of nice to sit with a cup of tea and the Good Book and realize we now have the time to spend on something we didn't have time to do before,take the time because with children and grandchiren we can be called on at anytime to help take care of things.That's why God gave the younger ones more energy.Remember life is a gift and it is only given to us once.God Bless.
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I appreciate your advice. I hadn't really thought of it that way. Yes, I am married, and I should relax and enjoy this time with my husband and the freedom to do things with him. It's like you said - we are so used to caring for our families that we almost feel guilty doing something for ourselves. Thanks again, and God bless you, too!
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