Dear Empty Nester Mama: A Note of Encouragement
Your baby has graduated, leaving you an empty nester. But how do you grow your relationship with them while encouraging their independence?
FamilyLife This Week® Podcast
Does God have instructions for grandparents? Mary Larmoyeux, Nancy Downing, Josh Mulvihill, and Anne Dierks share scriptural examples and practical tips for being godly, intentional grandparents.
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
Author Jill Savage talks frankly about the challenges she's faced in the empty nest, including finding out that her son is gay. While they disagree with his current lifestyle, they continue to love him.
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
How's your marriage since the kids left home? Jill Savage knows that a couple's failure to connect can lead to isolation. Savage shares some valleys she and her husband faced as empty nesters and tells what's kept them together.
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
Author Jill Savage talks about the freedom, and the challenges, of the empty nest. Savage remembers being surprised at how hard it really was to adjust to a quiet house. Hear some sound advice from a mom who's been there.
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3 Ways to Protect Your Marriage From ‘Gray Divorce’
I’ve always thought there was some marital finish line protecting your marriage on the other side. But few people warn you about gray divorce.
Aah, Retirement. What could go wrong?
How could we possibly think retirement, changing health, and decline ahead wouldn’t have surprises and challenges like our 40+ years of marriage?
FamilyLife Today® Podcast
All of us will have to deal with aging parents. Jim Stroud gives some wise tips for rightly assessing an aging parent's need for assisted living.
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
Jim Stroud tells how he looked at elder care options for his father, and realized that available facilities wouldn't meet his father's level of need. Stroud set out to change that for his father and others.
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FamilyLife This Week® Podcast
Barbara Rainey's favorite holiday is Thanksgiving Day. Find out how she impressed gratitude on her children growing up. She'll also give a glimpse into how how she's processing transitions in her own life.
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FamilyLife This Week® Podcast
How should a Christian approach the stage of life that follows the working years? Kay Marshall Strom, Dennis Rainey, Howard Hendricks, and Steve Sanford offer perspectives based on Scripture.
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates give some helpful suggestions for embracing the empty nest stage of life.
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FamilyLife Today® Podcast
Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates recall how they felt when they first entered this confusing, liberating, and emotion-packed stage of life called the empty nest.
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Growing Old Together: Like a Beautiful Old Building
I wouldn’t trade our empty nest years for the relationship we had in our youth for anything.
Three Pitfalls to Avoid in an Empty Nest Marriage
When your kids leave the home, you are forced to consider your marriage relationship in a new light.
Don’t Get Stuck in the Empty Nest
As we’ve moved through this new season of our lives, we’ve realized that God has something great planned for our future together.
Dancing With the Stars? Not Exactly.
I learned more than rhythm while taking dancing lessons with my husband.
Are You Done Making a Difference?
Too many men over 55 think their best days are behind them. It’s time to resurrect the noble mantle of “patriarch.”