Empty Nest ... Full Heart: The Journey from Home to CollegeSimpler Life Press, 2002 - 183 pages Beginning with the senior year in high school, moving through the summer year after graduation, the final departure for college and the freshman year, Andre Van Steenhouse offers a lighthearted, yet savy look at this turbulent time through her generous and compassionate world view, making it lively, humorous, and emotionally resonant. She has interviewed hundreds of families making this difficult passage and includes their stories while providing her trademark sensitivity for handling each stage of the journey. |
Table des matières
That Incomparable Senior Year | 9 |
When the Pie Was Opened the Birds Began to Sing | 67 |
This Is the Way We Wash Our Clothes | 109 |
Well Leave the Light on for You | 149 |
ET Phone Home | 156 |
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch | 164 |
Home Remedies | 175 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
acceptance ahead asked attend begin Billy Hart brother campus carpool ceremony Charlie Mayer child choices college consultant college-application comfort counselors daughter decision departure e-mail early Ellen Goodman emotional Empty Nest everything excited expectations experience father feel felt finally freshman friends girl give gone grade graduation parties hard heart high school Home Remedies homesick hope houseboat important journey kids knew Lake Powell Laugh laundry left for college letting go lives longest journey look Manwiches minivan miss months mother move never night numbers overwhelming parents person ready realize Rice Krispy rite of passage ritual roommate schedule seems semester senior siblings someone son's stories Stradivarius summer sure Surge protector Taco Bell talk tell things thought told trip trying valedictorian wait watched week weekend wonderful worried