And the biggest question in this area, for me: why does children children growing and leaving home mean that a woman, or couple, has to stop tending their nest? If a parent or couple are stilling living in the nest, why call the nest empty? How did your nurturance change through time, in practice and in principle.
Siblings and Older Foster Kids Need Parents
Regular readers will find this to differ from my usual post, at first glance. Social action that sees light on this blog is often political, but at this time of the year, when everyone is thinking of family, family gatherings, and tradition, I’ve decided to take a moment to consider youths whose family structure is so fragmented […]
Gifts from the Goddess: Words and Babies
Two little gifts arrived from the Cosmos today. Twice. I am blessed. I began thinking about BlogHer’s 10th Anniversary while waiting for my twin grand babies who are now very grownup three year old girls. From this juxtaposition I made wonderful discoveries. One of the wonderful things about being a prolific blogger who has […]
Google Plus Is Essential
App of the Week – Isn’t Really an “App” While I discovered some cool iPhone and iPad apps this week, such as Reflekt, and Merriam Webster’s Scrabble Dictionary app, that I will talk about another time, I’ve been focusing on my business this week. The Done Nesting site is coming along nicely though you cannot […]
Boom-X BoomHer Bloggers
The Majority of Boomers have more in common with Gen-Xers than Stereotypical Boomers. Why? Because the last half of the Post World War II Baby Boom, temporally speaking, contains more members than the first group. I spent years writing about this. Just search the term Late Boomer and you will find my stuff, because as […]