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Category: Empty Nest

nothing can really prepare you for the transition from “full house” to “empty nest”

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Empty Nest Homeschooling Kids & Grandkids

When You Reach the End of the Journey

by Beth Herbertupdated on February 13, 2021June 15, 2020

There are many emotions surrounding the end of a journey. Satisfaction. Relief. Exhaustion. Nostalgia. We took a once-in-a-lifetime family trip back in 2002 and traveled the country for 6 weeks with our five kids, pulling a pop-up camper behind our conversion van and visiting national parks and other sites across the western states. There was …

Empty Nest Kids & Grandkids

Who Am I Now?

by Beth Herbertupdated on February 13, 2021April 21, 20203 Comments on Who Am I Now?

Mother. Homeschooler. Teacher. Guidance Counselor. Chauffeur. Cook. Health Care Consultant. Social Coordinator. When the things that have defined you for so long come to an end, who are you now? I have five children and there are thirteen years between my oldest child and my youngest. The first three babies came within a 5 year …

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