Tis the season of gifts. You have your list and I have mine. Retailers are working as hard as they can to make sure we want to give what they have. Thankfully, our family's gift lists have been trimmed down over the years due to our intentional simplification. Today I found a picture of Christmas… Continue reading Tree Trauma
Our nest is now empty. I know in an earlier blog I wrote about not calling it empty. I wrote bravely about calling it a wider nest that stretches practically all over Texas. But, right now, I'd like to retract that thought because the reality is, it is empty here. We have three empty bedrooms...all… Continue reading The Fine Art of Embracing
When I was 7 months pregnant with our first child, I led a seminar in the church I was serving on "How to Cope When Your Kids Go to College." I have a background in Pastoral Counseling so I guess I believed I was using that knowledge to teach. Now, I just think it is… Continue reading The Nest
This past Sunday was our celebration of graduating high school seniors at church. We are graduating our third child on Thursday and about to have an empty nest. We have had a child in our home non-stop for 29 years, so yes, an empty nest is going to be fun/strange/sad/happy/quiet; so many things to feel. Seriously. Imagine all of… Continue reading What the High School Students Taught Me
Dr. Cindy Ryan 