aw, ladies…this was a good one
my last baby just left this morning, too…
Family Changes and Feelings
Posted by Lisa Hendey in News on Thursday, August 19, 2010 4:41 PM
This week on the podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), Rachel, Elizabeth and I discuss recent changes in our homes. As Elizabeth and I both watch children move out of the “nest” and into exciting new phases of life, we chat about how moms deal with the emotions related to these types of changes. When you have times of emotion in your life, do you hide your true feelings from your children, or do you allow yourself to express sadness, disappointment or anger in front of little ones?
This week’s Faith & Family Feature Product is Desert Fathers by Father Cliff Ermatinger. This wonderful book is a collection of 200 brief yet profound quotes from the monks’ writings, this book opens the Byzantine monastic experience to everyone inclined to try it. Those who do so via these selections will be richly rewarded. “My intent is not to come up with the right answer to the question ‘What is prayer,’” writes Frather Ermatinger in his introduction, “but to assist the reader in [the] inward and upward journey toward the Face of Christ.”
In our final segment, we chat about changes in family dynamics when older children move on and how we help younger siblings cope with and adjust to these changes.
Are things “changing” around your home this month? How are you coping with and embracing these new and special developments in your family?
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