Over a year ago, our daughter left for college as a freshman. As parents we certainly felt the pangs of separation anxiety in the days, weeks, and months that followed that dramatic day of drop-off. She was about to experience a new adventure in her life and we, as parents, were about to do the [...] Read more »
5 Steps to Prepare you for the Empty Nest
My wife and I are heading for the time in our lives when the kids are gone. You know, that time so aptly called the Empty Nest. Our eldest headed off to college last year at this time and our youngest has three more years of high school. We know how quickly those three years [...] Read more »
How Your College Student Wants You to Behave
This is a guest post by my daughter, Lianna Bessette. If you want to guest post on this blog, click here to get more information. DISCLAIMER: Although I am in college, I do not necessarily hold the same views as all college students. I cannot be held responsible for any variations in opinion among others [...] Read more »
She left home, bye bye…
“She, we gave her most of our lives. Is leaving , sacrificed most of our lives. Home, we gave her everything money could buy.” (lyrics from She’s Leaving Home from Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles) Talk about lifestyle changes. I just joined the ranks of parents who have had to drop their [...] Read more »