Discover New Passion and Purpose after the Kids Leave Home Many women approaching their empty-nest years do so with mixed emotions--feeling grief for what is no more but also excitement for what lies ahead. Barbara Rainey and Susan Yates are seasoned empty nesters, and they know firsthand the ups and downs, the uncertainty and challenges that accompany this new stage of life. Although Mom is a lifelong role, the job description changes significantly when the kids are grown. Questions abound: Who am I now? How do I relate to my kids? How will my marriage be affected? Where am I needed? Every woman in this stage needs to determine her own redefined role as wife, mother, friend, and more. Offering practical advice and biblical guidance, along with inspiring personal stories of women who have discovered how to live a meaningful life during the "second half," Barbara and Susan help you work out how to flourish and thrive in your own empty nests.

Barbara and Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest: Discovering New Purpose, Passion, and Your Next Great Adventure

Politics & Social Sciences

Barbara Rainey

Yates, Susan

Sociology

Bethany House Publishers

Strong, firm character does not develop automatically. This book assists families in setting and achieving the goals necessary for developing eight essential character traits: integrity, faith, a teachable spirit, a servant's heart, self-discipline, joy, compassion, and courage. With refreshing honesty, John and Susan Yates share how parents and children can grow together in these qualities.

Raising Kids with Character That Lasts

Parenting & Relationships

Yates, John

Parenting

Revell

This interdisciplinary study, which combines the sociohistorical approach with insights from feminist literary criticism, sheds new light on male bourgeois mythologies in nineteenth-century French society. Drawing on texts by Balzac, Flaubert, Maupassant, Zola, and the Goncourt brothers, the author examines contemporary constructions of women as reflected in the portrayal of the humble «bonne à tout faire», from Père Grandet's «pearl» of a servant, Grande Nanon, to the «sluts» of Zola's Pot-Bouille. The book concludes with an analysis of relations between maid and mistress, shown as governed sometimes by the laws of class difference, but also, in several of these texts, by a profoundly felt feminine complicity.

Maid and Mistress - Feminine Solidarity and Class Difference in Five Nineteenth-Century French Texts (The Age of Revolution and Romanticism: Interdisciplinary Studies)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Abbreviations: A Canadian Handbook

Reference

Debroslovie, Therese

Words, Language & Grammar

First Avenue Press

1914 - 1918 Us and Them: A Pictorial History of the War on the Western Front

No Name No Number Ltd

Retirement is a milestone event. It is essential when you are planning retirement or have already retired that your financial decisions are based on the facts. Those facts can put dollars in your pocket and help keep them there. RIGHT Answers gives you the factual answers to 260 questions about your Canadian retirement finances. It explains the fundamentals --- and more --- in easy to understand, plain English. It will provide you with knowledge that does not represent the view of any company in the financial services business. This impartial information will let you base the management of your money on what is right, not necessarily what someone with a vested interest might want you to hear. You'll get the lowdown on Canadian government and company pensions, how to create income from your real estate or life insurance, and what investments are best during retirement. Canadian tax issues are addressed throughout the book and also warrant a chapter on their own. From a practical viewpoint, you'll learn how to keep the cottage in the family and what to do if you inherit. Create an estate, leave a legacy, spend less, earn more: it's all part of RIGHT Answers. Sam Albanese, CLU, FLMI, CHFC, CFP, TEP Sam is a 30-year member of the financial services industry. He is the founder of the Financial Services Practitioner's Program at Seneca College in North York, ON and teaches industry newcomers at Seneca. Sam's expertise includes retirement planning, financial planning, estate planning, and life insurance. Susan Yates Susan has worked in the business of financial services education for over ten years. Her company, the Centre for Life Insurance and Financial Education (CLIFE; www.clifece.ca) has provided thousands of hours of continuing education courses to the industry in subjects including retirement planning, financial fraud, anti-money laundering, and life insurance.

Right Answers: The Answers to 260 of Your Retirement Questions

Business & Money

Albanese, Sam

Personal Finance

CLIFE Inc.

Many people want to write a family history, but few ever take on the job of publishing one. If you've done the research, and you want to make a book from it, then Publish Your Family History is for you. It will tell you all the fundamentals of book production, together with the important details that distinguish a home-published book from a homemade one. You'll learn: <ul>
<li>how to get your manuscript ready for production;</li> <li>design ideas for the pages and the cover;</li> <li>methods of making pages with or without a computer and printing those pages quickly and inexpensively; and</li> <li>ideas on bindings that last and look great.</li> </ul>
Even if time is at a premium, you're not comfortable with computer technology, or the budget is tight, you'll learn how to publish a professional-looking family history of your own!

Publish Your Family History: Preserving Your Heritage in a Book (Genealogist's Reference Shelf)

Self-Help

Ioannou, Greg

Creativity

Dundurn/Ontario Genealogical Society

You’re done . . . but you’re not finished! And one more thing. You’re not alone. Feeling unsure? Scared? Expectant? Maybe even giddy? Is your nest empty—except for a bundle of mixed emotions? As you grieve what’s behind and daydream about possibilities, you’ll feel young again, ready for new challenges and adventures. Yet you may not know what to pursue or how to discover what’s next. Many women in this season of life wonder: Who am I now? And what should I do? How will my marriage be affected? Does anyone need me? How do I relate to my children? Is it okay to feel sad? Or thrilled? What’s next? Barbara and Susan can be the friends you need to walk you through these new experiences. They’ll guide you to answers, and together you’ll discover a new purpose and passion for your next life adventure.

Barbara & Susan's Guide to the Empty Nest: Discovering New Purpose, Passion & Your Next Great Adventure

Rainey, Barbara

Family Relationships

FamilyLife

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