
Do you need some spice in your life? Here’s a festive holiday idea!
Whether it’s a tamale party or your own special holiday tradition, please be sure to get together with family and friends this year.
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Do you need some spice in your life? Here’s a festive holiday idea!
Whether it’s a tamale party or your own special holiday tradition, please be sure to get together with family and friends this year.
Enjoy each other… CONTINUE READING >>

Like most couples, we entered the empty nest phase of our lives pretty much the same way we entered the world, starry-eyed and clueless.
An anxiety-inducing mixture of excitement and terror.
We had our big now what? moment and stumbled ahead, knowing that we had to do something to reconnect as the couple that fell in love all those years ago…
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Like most couples, we entered the empty nest phase of our lives pretty much the same way we entered the world, starry-eyed and clueless.
An anxiety-inducing mixture of excitement and terror.
We had our big now what? moment and stumbled ahead, knowing that we had to do something to reconnect as the couple that fell in love all those years ago…
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It’s been a while since we actually felt like we lived anywhere.I realize that sounds like a strange statement, but it’s true. From the time we left St. Croix a dozen years ago until just this past year we have been essentially nomads. But now we bought a boat, moved on to it and made it our new home…
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It’s been a while since we actually felt like we lived anywhere.I realize that sounds like a strange statement, but it’s true. From the time we left St. Croix a dozen years ago until just this past year we have been essentially nomads. But now we bought a boat, moved on to it and made it our new home…
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An empty nest Easter doesn’t have to be sad. Celebrate your Life After Kids and have a happy and healthy holiday!
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An empty nest Easter doesn’t have to be sad. Celebrate your Life After Kids and have a happy and healthy holiday!
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Selling the nest and becoming GypsyNesters has given our adult chicks the joy of being hosts for the holidays in their homes.
It’s not about expensive gifts – instead we enjoy… CONTINUE READING >>

Selling the nest and becoming GypsyNesters has given our adult chicks the joy of being hosts for the holidays in their homes.
It’s not about expensive gifts – instead we enjoy… CONTINUE READING >>

I got a notice for a high school reunion the other day.Forty-five years!As my darling wife of thirty-nine of those would say, “That’s almost forty!”
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I got a notice for a high school reunion the other day.Forty-five years!As my darling wife of thirty-nine of those would say, “That’s almost forty!”
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What is it that makes us feel so passionate about life when we are helping others?
There must be something more to volunteering than the oft said “it makes us feel good to do good.”
I believe it goes deeper.
When the chicks fly the coop we lose the built-in community that comes with raising a brood. Gone are the sports team gatherings, the school plays and scout meetings.
Entire peer groups disappear overnight. It can get kind of lonely… CONTINUE READING >>
What is it that makes us feel so passionate about life when we are helping others?
There must be something more to volunteering than the oft said “it makes us feel good to do good.”
I believe it goes deeper.
When the chicks fly the coop we lose the built-in community that comes with raising a brood. Gone are the sports team gatherings, the school plays and scout meetings.
Entire peer groups disappear overnight. It can get kind of lonely… CONTINUE READING >>