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Labor Pains.

By: redtentwomen October 5, 2016October 6, 2016

Intentional LivingChanging Seasons, College, courage, Empty Nesting, Firstborn to College, Grief, Growing Up, Letting Go, Susan Tucker14 Comments

“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” ~ Rumi

Welcome and Invite Them In

By: redtentwomen August 26, 2016August 26, 2016

relationshipsAdult Children, Counseling, Empty Nesting, Janet Stark, Motherhood, Parenting, Perspective, Rumi8 Comments

Thursday we moved our oldest son Tim to Chicago, where he will be student teaching this year in an urban high school – the culmination of his preparation for the calling he feels to teach in the inner city.

Already Here

By: redtentwomen August 1, 2016July 31, 2016

Day to DayBack to School, Change, Empty Nesting, Growth, Julie McClay, Large Families, Middle Age, Parenthood, Parenting Adults, Seasons10 Comments

I breathe in the quiet of this day, a welcome pause in the middle of a full summer.

Holding the Quiet with Kindness

By: redtentwomen April 22, 2016April 22, 2016

relationshipsEmpty Nesting, Introversion, Janet Stark, Life Seasons, Motherhood, quiet, Raising Kids, self-care, Shortcomings17 Comments

Our daughter Katie is graduating from high school in a few short weeks. I am already anticipating how quickly the summer will pass, a blur of “last moments” before leaving for college in the fall.

Taking My Place.

By: redtentwomen December 7, 2015December 6, 2015

Day to DayBecky Allender, Christmas, Dan Allender, Dance, Empty Nesting, Impact, Independence, Marriage, Perichoresis, Trinity22 Comments

We arrived a bit late for dinner at the Naples Ritz- Carlton ballroom for a Serge Missions Fundraiser.

Coffee, Complexity and Conversation

By: redtentwomen October 31, 2013September 18, 2015

Day to DayBig Families, Children, Coffee, Coffeehouse, Empty Nesting, Family, Home, Menopause, Tracy Johnson8 Comments

In downtown Kalamazoo there is an odd little building nestled on a triangular piece of land where we could meet and share a cup of roasted goodness inside the Water Street Coffee Joint.