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Embracing New Traditions and Boundaries for a Joyful Holiday Season
In this episode of Empty Nesting on Purpose, we talk about adapting to new Christmas traditions, sweet memories and prioritizing our own needs by setting boundaries.
When it became clear our Christmas expectations...
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What’s “So Alaskan” About Living in Alaska
Welcome back to Season 2 of Empty Nesting on Purpose! Over our break we realized there are so many unique and interesting things about living in Alaska that we wanted to share some of them with ya’ll!
In our first...
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Making Time For What Matters Most
What do you do when you know the goodbye is for a long while?
That was the question we pondered as we figured out how to spend our last few days in Texas before moving to Alaska. In this episode of Empty Nesting On...
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Living the Dream: Road Trip to Utopia, TX
Ever wish your dreams for the future were your reality now? In this episode, we're diving deep into the art of living the life we want, and this time, it took us on a road trip to Utopia, TX. Join the journey as we...
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The Power of a Good Makeover
Ever wished you could do a makeover on your empty nest life?
Sometimes, all it takes is a little transformation in your surroundings to breathe new life into your empty nest. Whether it's a home makeover or a...
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Letting others help and bittersweet goodbyes
What if you didn't have to do it ALL yourself? When it came to doing all the honey-do list to get the house ready to sell, Luke and Melissa had to decide if there might be a better way.
They also talk about letting...
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Telling the kids we are moving for Alaska
Today we share how we told the kids that we were moving to Alaska and what our options were for moving to Alaska. We love our pup, Gilland, and he was coming with us. So we had to find an airplane that was dog...
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What is your Super Power?
It sounds silly, but we totally had to use our Super Powers to figure out how we were going to get to Alaska. Today we talk about how we got our game plan for going from wishing to move to Alaska and turning it in to...
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Dream Guardians, protecting your empty nester dreams
When you have a dream in your heart and feel called by God to do big things there is a time to tell the world, but as the dream starts, it is good to keep it close to the vest and be a dream guardian. Some things to...
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Redefining Our Future
What if you had a blank canvas and you could paint any future you wanted? What would you create? That was the questions we had to figure out before we could move forward in our empty nesting season.
We would LOVE to...
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How did you KNOW you were being called to Alaska?!
As a Christian couple in the empty nest season, we often get asked, how did you KNOW that you were being called to Alaska?
Today we share the story.
Here are 3 key takeaways from our conversation:
1️⃣ Your dreams...
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Big Questions and Saturday Morning Dates
What if retirement could be whatever you wanted it to be?
That is what started our journey to Empty Nesting On Purpose, and the adventure it has us on, we never could have imagined!
Today Luke + Melissa chat...
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