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School Bus Blues? Not Exactly.

August 11, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

Back to school, and a rush of memories.

Filed Under: College Kids, Parenting, Single Moms, Tweens and Teens Tagged With: empty nest, fatigue, Parenting, parenting college kids, parenting teens, single mothers, Single Parenting, writing exercise

Toast

April 24, 2014 by D. A. Wolf 3 Comments

Caught in the crunch of too much to do, too little time? Worried you’re about to be toast?

Filed Under: Morning Musing Tagged With: empty nest, FAFSA, family, Morning Musing, parenting college kids, reinvention, stress management, time management

Slowing Down Time… As We Age

July 21, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

Does time really “speed up” as we age?

Filed Under: Health, Parenting, Single Moms Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, empty nest, Health, learning, motherhood, New York Times, psychology, Single Parenting, solo parenting

Through the Peep-Hole

July 7, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 15 Comments

The Empty Nest still allows peeks and peeps into our children’s lives.

Filed Under: Family Dynamics, Parenting, Single Moms Tagged With: empty nest, long distance parenting, Morning Musing, Parenting, parenting college students, parenting young adults, single moms, Single Parenting

Showing Up

April 23, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 16 Comments

Maybe you call it reinvention. Maybe you call it starting over. I call it… showing up.

Filed Under: Life After Divorce, Morning Musing Tagged With: change, empty nest, life after divorce, life skills, midlife, motivation, reinvention, responsibility, self-examination

Starting Over at Starting Over. Again.

March 5, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 10 Comments

The perpetual process of starting over.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Starting Over Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, best places to live, coffee, empty nest, France, life after divorce, midlife, Nice, paris, real women real life, reinvention, starting over, women over 50, writing, writing exercise

Conflict of Interest

January 4, 2013 by D. A. Wolf 7 Comments

Relationship, parenting, work, and maybe a few zzzzzs. Always the tug-of-war.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Single Moms, Work-Life Tagged With: conflict, empty nest, fatigue, holidays, Parenting, Relationships, single parenthood, stress, time management, women and money, work life balance

One Size (Job) Fits All (Not).

November 30, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 6 Comments

We tailor clothes. Why not jobs?

Filed Under: Business, Women's Issues Tagged With: careers, empty nest, having it all, jobs, midlife, single moms, women's roles, work, work life balance

Best Places to Live When You’re Over 50

November 19, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 508 Comments

Start over, but where? Resources, considerations.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Popular, Starting Over Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, best places to live, dating over 50, empty nest, housing, job searching, midlife, moving, parenting college students, post-divorce life, reinvention, relocating, relocation, starting over, women over 50, women over 60

The Beauty Balm

November 2, 2012 by D. A. Wolf 22 Comments

Easing pain through beauty and appreciation.

Filed Under: Fashion & Style, Style Tagged With: Art Art Art, beauty, empty nest, family, giving is the best cure for not having, interiors, loss, Morning Musing, writing from life

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