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Mothering Grown Children Has Made Me a Quieter Mom

Grown Children, Motherhood
August 29, 2023
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By Tara Munjee

Mothering Grown Children Has Made Me a Quieter Mom

How do I best mother my 22- and 27-year-old sons? Naturally, I will always be their mother; it’s a lifelong…

6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
August 10, 2023
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By Heather McGuire

6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure

As we’re ushering our daughters into the pseudo-adulthood of college, I’m a bubbling cauldron of emotions. Our oldest is finishing…

Grown Children, Living, Motherhood
May 26, 2023
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By Sydnei Kaplan

When the Last Baby Graduates

We’ve been through this before, so we know the waves of emotions that roll through us. When our kids graduate—be…

Motherhood, Teen
May 25, 2023
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By Jennifer Hale

But How Will I Let Her Go?

It was nothing as I pictured. Really. Nothing about it was how I thought it'd look, feel or be. I…

As a Mom of Teens, I’m Rounding the Corner on An Empty Nest

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
May 17, 2023
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By Jen Keefe

As a Mom of Teens, I’m Rounding the Corner on An Empty Nest

I’m reaching the age where friends are becoming empty nesters. I see their heartfelt posts about leaving their youngest child…

They Leave Us in Little Pieces Long before 18

Motherhood, Teen
April 10, 2023
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By Michelle Hurst

They Leave Us in Little Pieces Long before 18

Recently, someone asked me as the mom of a senior about to graduate, “How are you preparing to let go?”…

Grown Children, Motherhood, Teen
November 19, 2022
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By Michele Peters

It’s Her Time To Fly

Memory ghosts dance in the periphery of my mind. Even though three weeks have passed since I dropped her off—my…

Publix Holiday Ad Nails It: You Never Outgrow Needing Your Mom

Grown Children, Living, Motherhood
November 16, 2022
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By Carolyn Moore

Publix Holiday Ad Nails It: You Never Outgrow Needing Your Mom

The first time I ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner on my own, my mom was several hundred miles away. I was…

Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 11, 2022
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By Kristen Houghton

Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too

I have always been one of those people who want to do something: take a class in documentary filmmaking, make…

Grown Children, Motherhood
November 2, 2022
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By Cheryl Trenary

God Gave Me Babies Who Grew Up

Tapping the “off” button on my iPhone, I ended the FaceTime with my daughter. Smiling to myself, I reflected on…

We’re Learning to Be Just the Two of Us (And It’s Fun!)

Grown Children, Marriage, Motherhood
August 2, 2022
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By Shannon Sellers

We’re Learning to Be Just the Two of Us (And It’s Fun!)

My husband and I have been married for 23 years and we have never spontaneously gone four hours away to…

Grown Children, Motherhood
June 29, 2022
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By Susan Zurcher

The Kids are Grown—Now What?

Between video chats with our son stationed overseas, our daughter flits in and out our door from college while the…

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Mothering Grown Children Has Made Me a Quieter Mom

6 Ways to Fill Your Empty Nest with Adventure

When the Last Baby Graduates

But How Will I Let Her Go?

As a Mom of Teens, I’m Rounding the Corner on An Empty Nest

They Leave Us in Little Pieces Long before 18

It’s Her Time To Fly

Publix Holiday Ad Nails It: You Never Outgrow Needing Your Mom

Being a Mom of Grown Children Is Beautiful Too

God Gave Me Babies Who Grew Up

We’re Learning to Be Just the Two of Us (And It’s Fun!)

The Kids are Grown—Now What?

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