Tag: empty nest

The Most Important Thing You Need For Life’s Journey

November 15, 2025

A Year of Travel This year was a year of travel for my husband and me, but it wouldn’t have happened without one crucial item. All the planning, preparation, and packing would have been for naught had we not had this one important document. Thankfully, we did, so now we have a treasure of memories … More The Most Important Thing You Need For Life’s Journey

Four Reasons Why Our Spring European Cruise Was Spectacular

June 14, 2025

My husband’s cousin shared a humorous travel quote with us a few years ago. He and his wife are avid travelers, as are his sister and her husband. I’m not sure where he found the quote, but it makes you think. In your 60s, it’s go, go, go. In your 70s, it’s slow, slow, slow. … More Four Reasons Why Our Spring European Cruise Was Spectacular

How To Fill In The Gaps When There Are So Many Interesting Possibilities

March 8, 2025

What do I do next? That’s a question that’s on my mind right now. I’ve got some huge holes in my life right now: a book project wrapped up, and I’ve lost my parents; my kids and grandkids are hundreds of miles off. How do I fill in the gaps? There are so many possibilities. … More How To Fill In The Gaps When There Are So Many Interesting Possibilities

Five Amazing Things I’ve Done That I Never Thought I Would Do

February 1, 2025

We all have things we would like to do in our lives. It could be a career we aspire to or a special place we want to visit. It could be a daring activity or a relationship status. Sometimes, we experience things we never in our wildest dreams we imagined we would do. I’m experiencing … More Five Amazing Things I’ve Done That I Never Thought I Would Do

Why Completing An Important Project is Incredibly Rewarding

January 19, 2025

Have you ever finished an enormous project and felt a sense of relief and accomplishment? I have, just a few weeks ago. A dream birthed six years ago is now reality. How It All Began I started writing about ten years ago. My two kids had graduated from college and moved away from home, and … More Why Completing An Important Project is Incredibly Rewarding

How Remembering Loved Ones Lost Reminds Us Of The Passing Of Time

November 16, 2024

Where Family Begins I come from a large extended family. We gather once a year in south Georgia where our roots began. Some of us gather again in January at an oyster roast in the panhandle of Florida. We gather at weddings and memorial services. So, it wasn’t at all unusual for me to drive … More How Remembering Loved Ones Lost Reminds Us Of The Passing Of Time

How My Weekend In Old Virginia Was Enhanced By The Five Senses

March 23, 2024

This past weekend, I walked on the forest trail at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon with my friend Kelly. We were on our second annual friend’s historical getaway. Most of the trees along the walk did not yet have spring leaves so we admired the different tree trunks. A few trees were covered with beige, paper-thin … More How My Weekend In Old Virginia Was Enhanced By The Five Senses

Why Major Life Changes Aren’t Necessarily Easy

January 20, 2024

Time To Make A Move? “So when are you moving to Nashville?”  That’s the question my husband and I most often heard in the spring of 2022 after we learned that we would soon be grandparents. Our son and daughter-in-law live in Nashville so, many assumed we would be moving north once the grandson arrived. … More Why Major Life Changes Aren’t Necessarily Easy

How Oysters, Family And Friends Make For A Memorable Start To The Year

January 13, 2024

How We Mark Our Lives We mark the times of our lives by minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, years and decades. That’s a constant for all of us. Our seasons may be different depending on which hemisphere we live in, but we all experience these measures of time. It’s how we mark our lives. … More How Oysters, Family And Friends Make For A Memorable Start To The Year