By Chris Oldner | Contributor There are so many positives to graduating to an empty nest: No more bickering between siblings. A deep exhale after the chaos and anxiety of adolescence. Quiet satisfaction of successfully shepherding your offspring into the next phase of their life. Freedom from the demands and…
By Barbara Glass “I never saw this coming. Of course, I was happy for my children’s success but did not expect to be so depressed once they actually left home,” says my friend Dorothy. She recently moved the youngest of her three children to a college apartment. The drive home…
The ‘Empty Nest’ Leaves Time to Talk and Play with Your Spouse By Jeff Anderson / Contributor I don’t understand. I was looking forward to this. I don’t have to go to basketball games anymore. No more recitals or school concerts. PTA is in my rearview mirror, and I…
by Alicia Wanek A recent study showed that more than four in ten millennials are stressed about running out of money in retirement. Imagine how many seniors have the same concern! My grandmother once said if she met her Maker with a penny to her name, she would have spent…
Is now the right time to make that big purchase? by Alicia Wanek Listen… is it quiet around your house? If you’re an empty nester, you have survived the days of sibling rivalry, carpools, and the chaos of getting the kids off to school each morning. Maybe the only pitter-patter…
Changing diapers, play dates, carpools, homework, PTA meetings, cheering on the team, late nights, homecoming, cooking, coaching, grocery shopping, doctors’ appointments, college applications — all part of the transitions of life from the moment your kids are born to the time they leave your nest. We asked local parents…