Barbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest

Discover New Passion and Purpose after the Kids Leave Home

Many women approaching their empty-nest years do so with mixed emotions--feeling grief for what is no more but also excitement for what lies ahead. Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates are seasoned empty nesters, and they know firsthand the ups and downs, the uncertainty and challenges that accompany this new stage of life.

Although Mom is a lifelong role, the job description changes significantly when the kids are grown. Questions abound: Who am I now? How do I relate to my kids? How will my marriage be affected? Where am I needed? Every woman in this stage needs to determine her own redefined role as wife, mother, friend, and more. Offering practical advice and biblical guidance, along with inspiring personal stories of women who have discovered how to live a meaningful life during the "second half," Barbara and Susan help you work out how to flourish and thrive in your own empty nests.

• From Mom to Me Again: How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and Reinvented the Rest of My Life
• Empty Nest, Full Life: Discovering God's Best for Your Next
• Empty Nest: What's Next?: Parenting Adult Children Without Losing Your Mind
• Release My Grip: Hope for a Parent’s Heart as Kids Leave the Nest and Learn to Fly
• Chicken Soup for the Soul: Empty Nesters: 101 Stories about Surviving and Thriving When the Kids Leave Home
• Healing the Empty Nester's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Parents After the Kids Move Out, Go Off to College, or Start Taking Flight (Healing Your Grieving Heart series)
• The Second Half of Marriage: : facing the eight challenges of the empty-nest years
• The Empty Nest Companion: A little book of love and encouragement for when your child leaves the nest
• Letters to My Daughters: The Art of Being a Wife
• Doing Life with Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and the Welcome Mat Out