Savoring the sacredness of the in-between season
I'm not good with goodbyes. When I dropped my daughter off at college during August of her freshman year, I thought my heart would never recover from the loss of her presence in my daily life. [...]
By Kami Gilmour
In Back to School, College & Young Adult Articles, Graduation, Letting Go, Parenting, Parenting Young Adults, Young Adults
Posted 12 Signs Your Kid is Leaving For College and You’re Totally Losing It
Judging by the store displays spilling into the aisles, back to school season is upon us. And if you're a parent with a soon-to-be college freshman, this back to school season may just be your [...]
Give Me the Strength...A Parent's Prayer at Graduation
[This article by Kami Gilmour is an excerpt from a chapter in her best-selling devotional book, Release My Grip: Hope for a Parent's Heart as Kids Leave the Nest and Learn to Fly. Give Me the [...]
An Open Letter to the Parent Crying at Graduation (From a mom who survived it)
[This article by Kami Gilmour is an excerpt from a chapter in her best-selling book, Release My Grip: Hope for a Parent's Heart as Kids Leave the Nest and Learn to Fly When my daughter entered [...]
Let's Stop Seeing Age 18 as the Parenting Finish Line, Mmm K?
Let’s Stop Seeing Age 18 as the Parenting Finish Line, Mmm K? When I was an eighteen-year-old college freshmen, during spring break my friends and I (all females) hitchhiked from a grimy [...]
By Kami Gilmour
Posted 13 Signs Your Kid is Graduating from High School and You’re Totally Losing It
(photo credit: Lee De Monico for WestportNow.com) If you're like me, you've never paid much attention to "graduation season hoopla" until you realized this is the year that will adorn your [...]