thanks for your great words in your coming home from college column ... I will share this with others that are on pins and needles awaiting the arrival of their young adults and will appreciate this great advice. Also we have a group we started a grop to support each other that have young adults already graduated from college and still in college or graduate school. We share advise on how to continue to support & encourage them as young adults and not kids we sometime continue to see and treat them as... Any suggestions of book or other groups we can connect with please advise... Keep up the good work Casey, will be in touch during the holidays..

Hi Anita,
Your Chicken Soup Sisterfriend here. I just read the article on the Empty nest Syndrome. Boy could I relate. Just getting over the fact that My son has finished college and moved to Houston to start his Aerospace career at NASA has finally sunk in. I am very proud of him but miss him terribly. It's a long way from Detroit to Houston. When He was in College at CASE, he was only 3 hours away in Cleavland and sometimes would surprise me and drive home for the weekend. Well it will be none of that anymore. Now we are making plans for Christmas. I just want to encourage other emptynesters out there. Just Continue to Pray for your child and know that God can watch over them better than we ever thought we could. Be Blessed and Highly Favored of the Lord!!!!

In your column, "Lord, where's my mate", your comment regarding "I believe God considers marriage a promotion" connotes that married women are better than single women.

Hey Everybody!

I'd like to know what you think. Now that we're back in school, is it easier or more difficult to keep kids active and eating healthy? And if you have any strategies for keeping kids fit and healthy--please share them!

Let's Dialogue!

Anita S. Lane
Founder & Executive Editor
www.KeepingFamilyFirst.org