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How to Prepare for the “Empty Nest”

exumaoceanfrontMom’s Prime Years Guest Blogger, Life Coach Aurelia Williams
With spring just around the corner, perhaps you’re preparing for your youngest child to graduate from high school and go off to college. Have you thought about what you’re going to do with the free time you will now be experiencing?

Have you thought about what it will feel like to not have a house full of teenagers at any given time or even to not have your child a stone’s throw away so you can tell them good morning or good night every single day? These are big adjustments and if you’re not prepared, Read more…

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Mothering to Mentoring

Right now many kids across the country are in the midst of starting or wrapping up exams for the last semester.  As moms trying to do what we’ve always done - help our kids with their studies - more than a few of us are finding it difficult.

One of the challenges of mentoring older children is helping them with a curriculum we know longer understand as well we might.  sure I took calculus in high school but that was 25 years ago and this English major has buried those memories, far, far away-lol!

Here are some tips to try to help your older teen get through exams: Read more…

Travel & Social Life

Stop Running on Empty - Rejuvenate Your Spirit»

There’s a reason why someone came up with the term the “February Blahs” - we’re smack dab in the middle of two momentous periods of the calendar.  Behind us we have the excitement and joy of the Holiday season and ahead of us we have the hope and anticipation of new life in Spring.
Until then [...]

Business & Careers

Goal Setting - A Video»

As I was doing some research trying to find some of the best resources and information out there on the Net for our MPY readers, I came across this great video featuring British entrepreneur/WAHM Helen Garratt.
I like her video primarily because she breaks down very nicely the process of goal setting (e.g., making it measurable [...]

House & Home

Tips for Your Fall Garden»

It seems like as soon as September 1st comes around a switch goes off somewhere and it immediately feels like fall.  We may still have hot days, but something about the light and the tell tale signs of extra leaves in the garden signal that summer is winding down and fall has arrived.
It’s also a [...]