What You’ll Learn from this Episode about Midlife Reflections on Adoption and Assisted Reproduction: Why thinking about adoption can be really important in midlife. It’s estimated that 1 out of 4 people have some sort of personal relationship to adoption. Why middle age, empty nest and adoption related issues have received very little attention...
Continue readingEmpty Nest: How to stay calm when your kid picks YOUR university
It happened. My kid fell in love with my university and is heading there in the Fall. It’s hard to stay calm. I have to say, it’s wonderfully weird. The whole experience of my three kids figuring out what they wanted to study and where they wanted to go to university has been so...
Continue readingTime flies when your kid turns 21
Friends…time flies. I remember hearing my parents and grandparents say this over and over throughout my childhood. And then…I had my own kids and my firstborn turned 21. In. A. Blink. The passage of time and my own impending empty nest became something I also experienced at breakneck speed. I live in Canada. The...
Continue reading