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The Weekly Joy 🌿 5/8

Published about 2 months ago • 2 min read

Hi Reader,

Happy Friday.

This week has felt emotional in a lot of ways.

The baby birds in the nest on my front door wreath are getting big now. Every day I check on them and they look bigger, braver, and a little more ready to fly away. Watching it happen has been so amazing and emotional at the same time. I don't want them to leave!

Maybe that’s because as they get ready to fly this week, my own boys are coming home too.

My son’s college graduation was supposed to be this Sunday, but because his lacrosse team made the first round of the NCAA tournament (🎉), graduation for the team has been moved to Monday. A little derailment, but now there is one more game. One more weekend of sports after what feels like a lifetime of practices, travel, sidelines, team dinners, and routines that shaped our family for years.

At one point, it honestly felt like those days would never end.

Now suddenly, they’re ending… and changing… all at once.

I think that’s part of what midlife feels like sometimes. Life keeps moving forward while our hearts quietly try to catch up.

Many of you may be able to relate, and my writing may reflect this subject for a bit as I digest the fact that these kids of mine are no longer kids. Each day I seem to be learning how to adjust to this next chapter...

A Mother's Day note

With Mother’s Day this weekend, I also know this can be a beautiful day for some and a painful one for others.

So whether you’re celebrating your children, missing your mother, grieving a loss, navigating complicated emotions, or carrying the weight of motherhood in your own way, I’m thinking of you too.

This season of life holds so many emotions at once, and I think mothers especially feel that deeply.

What's new this week on the blog

How Can This Be Over Already?

Watching your child grow up and the emotional weight that comes with it...

A Letter to My Mom

In honor of Mother's day —a letter I wrote to my Mom last year...

A simple way to plan the week

If you are like me and use little post-its here and there for the many reminders needed during the week, I created something that helps keep them all in one place. Maybe it will help you too.

→ Download your free weekly planner here​

There’s something about seeing your week laid out in a simple way that just makes things feel more manageable.

A quick note

Thank you all again for the support the last couple of weeks as I launched my first workshop, 3-Win Daily Momentum. It truly was a labor of love and something that was built upon what truly helps me daily. I hope that it helps you too. Learn more about it here.​

Have a wonderful week!

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Next Chapter Living with Lynn

Navigating Midlife, In Real Life. Finding Your Way Forward.

I'm Lynn, a midlife wife and mom of two, writing honestly about the real stuff: empty nest, aging parents, loss, change, and figuring out who you are now. Just real life, and moving forward from here. Grab my free guide, When A Season Ends, and get The Weekly Joy in your inbox after that.

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