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Semester Two: Emotion Overload (Again)
So, here we are at the beginning of a new semester. Time to return our babies to their college dorms and start over again as an empty nester. It is not our first time in this drop off lane, however, something is different this time. Pulling up to his dorm and getting those feels all …
Can Dogs Get Depressed?
Disclosure: This site may contain affiliate links, meaning I may get a commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you, please read my disclosure for more information. The answer to this is a very, definite, yes. I didn’t know. I had no idea until my big kid …
2020 A New Year, A New You?
Welcome to 2020! This is the first year of a new decade. We are getting another 365 days to become rich and famous. Oh wait, no. We don’t want to be rich and famous. Well, at least not the famous part. All that paparazzi! So annoying! The rich part I’m sure many of us will …
The Highs, Lows, and Buffaloes of 2019
Well, here we are at the end of another year. It is that time when we think about all the things that we did or did not accomplish and look to next year to make our dreams come true. This post is not going to be exactly helpful to anyone it is merely putting out …
5 Ways to Spend Time with Your College Kid on Holiday Break
So, it’s that wonderful time of year and for most of us “empty nesters” we received our Christmas gifts early, in the form of our precious babies coming home from college. Thank you Jesus! I am the luckiest mama in the world right now! I get to spend the next four weeks with my overgrown, …
7 Strategies for Coping with an Empty Nest
I know many of us are or have experienced our first child or our only child leaving home and going off to college. This has left us mamas and papas feeling empty, lonely, sad, and depressed. These are feelings that I am learning, with time and some coping strategies we can regain our lives and feel important …
Getting Used to the Idea?
So as you already know my son flew the coop to start his college career. I have been living alone since approximately mid-August. Four. Months. Alone. Well, almost. Close enough. I cannot begin to tell you the difficulty I had in the beginning without him here. I would wait so patiently for him to call …
Welcome Empty Nesters!
Hello, and welcome! I am so excited you stopped by to meet me and my new crazy little blog. My name is Dawn and I live in the upper part of Ohio, a little town that is a suburb of Toledo. I am a mama to an amazing 18 year old son, Anthony. He is …
