Soul Care When the Nest is Empty: First Line Friday Review
Join me for the First Line Friday Review of Soul Care When the Nest is Empty, the newest book in the Soul Care series by Edie Melson. This is a nonfiction book review.
The first line: “Fear. All parents struggle with a myriad of fears when it comes to our kids.”
My First Line Friday review of Soul Care When the Nest is Empty:
What a truth to drop right out of the gate. I’m not a fearful parent, and I doubt anyone would have considered me anything close to a helicopter parent. But even then, I had fears. Fears of my own failures in raising my children. Fears that I wouldn’t adequately express to my kids how talented and loved they are. I’ve even had some fears brought on by their choices that centered on their physical safety at times.
But even with these, I didn’t hold tight to the stages my children went through. I looked at it like my job was to raise them to be able to take the next steps successfully on their own. (Time will tell if that was successful.) With this mindset, each milestone wasn’t something to grasp hold of until all life was strangled from it. I looked forward to each new stage, the empty nest stage was no different.
I’ve been surprised by some of the results of the empty nest stage in my life. I’ve also known frustration at some of the situations that have come up since all my children have left the home. Whether it’s exactly what I expected or not, one thing is clear. This stage is probably a bigger adjustment than any I’ve faced so far.
That’s what I enjoyed about Soul Care When the Nest is Empty. Edie doesn’t present a cookie cutter view of this time of our lives. She admits we all come at it from a different place. She even opens it up that we might wrestle with different aspects depending on which child is leaving the nest.
Blending scripture and experience, Edie gives readers encouragement and challenge as they face this unknown frontier. But she doesn’t stop there. She’s also created practical and creative ways to express our feelings and determine our attitudes from this point on. These hands-on activities are easy enough for anyone to do and help cement the reading’s theme in the readers mind and heart.
Soul Care When the Nest is Empty:First Line Friday Review summary:
Whether you’re just starting this stage of life or have been navigating it for a while, there is something for you in this book. I give it five stars.
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