Empty Nest
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Finding the courage to change your life
Finding the courage to change your life. For some, it’s an easy decision. For others it’s difficult. And for a few others, there is no choice… A little over three years ago, I…
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Stop doing things for God – Coffee With Kim #1
Stop doing things for God. Do things with Him. I heard this phrase today as I was listening to a program online. It was one of those #TruthBomb #MicDrop moments. It’s so easy…
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What’s Your Story?
“I will give thanks to you, LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” – Psalm 9:1, NIV For a while, I didn’t think I had much of…
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When Mother’s Day Hurts
When Mother’s Day hurts, sometimes we moms don’t want to admit it. This year I went against the grain. I posted in Social Media on the day after that I really “got it”…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Wishes For You!
Howdy!! Another Empty Nest Christmas Full of Love, Joy and Giggles I’m sending you oodles of love and delight to you during these Happy Holy-days. Our empty nest days have new traditions…
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Prepare for New Beginnings
I know most people think of Spring as a time for new beginnings, or January as a time of new beginnings. But I have always felt like Fall is a time of new…
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Dashes, Dots and Getting Out of the Rut
I woke up this morning with dashes and dots on my mind. I don’t know if it was because of a movie the other day that mentioned Morse code or all the maps…
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Asking The Hard Questions
There’s a quote from a movie (which I’ve never seen) that says “There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” ~Morpheus I’ve taken a couple of weeks or so off…
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Middle Age Woman Survival Skills from Fat Guys In The Woods host
This middle age woman learned a thing or two from survival training. Today, I want to offer a bit of encouragement about truly defining your DREAMS and then doing every little bitty thing…
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Quick Tips For Surviving Empty Nest Syndrome
Surviving the empty nest syndrome. Ask most mom’s and they have struggled with some tiny or large amount of empty nest issues once the kids fly the coop. It’s all a part of…
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Are you living life by design or in default?
A love letter the empty nest mom looking for purpose Dear Mom, The remaining frames of your days and your life… All the chapters including career, family, relationships, health, spiritual growth… The pages…
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Top 10 Tips For Empty Nest Moms
Here’s the top 10 tips for empty nest moms to not only survive the empty nest years, but surTHRIVE in them! Top 10 Tips for Empty Nest Moms 1. Prepare – Plan ahead…
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31 Things I’ve Learned About The Empty Nest
Feeling a little whimsical and nostalgic when writing in my journal recently, I decided to ponder some of the lessons the past years have taught me regarding the a topic I know fairly…
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When Subtracting Means Adding
I used the break in the rain this morning to visit the garden and do a much needed task. Thin the lettuce seedlings. It’s the part of gardening I don’t like to do,…
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The 2 Ways to Live Your Life. Choice or Chance
Even at the dreaded (or LOVED) middle age years, this questions still looms in my mind. Am I relying on luck and random acts to determine life. Or am I making very conscious…
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Speak Life, Devotion 3
I am reminded today of a scripture found in the book of Matthew 15:11. “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth;…
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Thy Word is Lamp Unto My Feet, Devotion 2
I was reading yesterday about the journey of the children of Israel and their promise of a new land. The land flowing with milk and honey. I learned that it was a land of…
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Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life, Devotion 1
Today is the first Monday of my new “retired status”. It’s time to do some serious refeathering of The Refeathered Nest. I unshackled the golden handcuffs of security (resigned from corporate America). It…
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Ditching the Golden Handcuffs – Quit Your Job, Follow Your Passions
I took the leap from the edge of the cliff. I had been monitoring the under currents, the wind direction, and the weather. I finally decided to jump. I decided to resign from…
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Prioritize, Purpose, Prune – Hints for Simplifying in 2015
Here in our little nest, I usually end up spending the month of January as a cleaning month. After the Christmas decorations come down, I get into this mood to get ready for…
