Hello to anyone that comes across this blog!! It has been a LONG TIME. Since I have posted. To be honest, so much has happened in my life that I could have a post every single day for the rest of 2025 and still couldn't articulate and share how my life has flipped, flopped, twisted and turned. It has been good, bad, terrible, hard, wonderful, adventurous, rocky, even downright awful, then also joy filled and faith building.
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I am now pretty much an empty nester. What that means is all of our children are now young adults and flew the nest at some point. Our oldest son has cancer and moved back home this June while we navigate that. He is 25. He rents a space from us and works a full-time job. He lives his own adult life but resides here while he manages his health.
We have 3 children which we homeschooled and had a wonderful time raising. Although, for one of our teens those teen years was extremely difficult. Christian homes and homeschooling doesn't always safeguard a perfect family. I wished it did but it did not for us. I want to be honest. Part of the twists and turns and one reason I stopped blogging.
I originally started blogging in 2003-2004 when the blog world was POPPING. I held out until 2013 and took a long break and tried to get back into to it on and off after that, but I just couldn't because of the seasons in my life were always twisting and changing.
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In 2022, I launched a new name and blog. One Season to the Next...not realizing that name would TRULY be so significant in days, months, and years to come.
Isn't it life? Our lives really are like the seasons that this world has. Seasons ebb and flow and can bring such wonderful things but also hard things. Each season in life is the same way.
I am now at home with no children under foot. No more homeschool manuals and activities to run to. It is quiet. Quite nice and Quite hard and lonely too. It is mostly QUIET! It is a new season....
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I miss writing and sharing my life. I have tried other platforms and never feel as fulfilled as I did when I blogged. I miss all those I use to blog with and catching up with their lives. I think FB, youtube, and instagram has taken the place of blogging as a whole maybe. But I want to cling to the good ole days. I don't know if I will come back to blogging. I may. But I wanted to really post for some reason. Maybe nobody will read this. Maybe someone will. Maybe that one comment is all I need to come back or remind me not to.
This was cathartic either way. Coming to my old blog has made me nostalgic. Sigh.
If any of my readers are still out there....I hope you are well!!!!
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Sincere Blessings,
Chrissy T
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I was delighted to see a comment from you, and then to see you are blogging... squeal!! I took a break from blogging and just returned at the beginning of the year.
I'm sorry to hear about Ethan's health. I'll be praying for his full recovery.
I understand about seasons coming and going. Although our nest isn't completely empty it is close. M is now 19, works full time and is busy living life. I cherish the moments that she is home or out and about with the old parents.
I hope to see more post from you!
Hello, Chrissy,
I have never read your blog before and I enjoyed what you wrote today! I wanted to agree with your home schooling comments. We raised six children and started homeschooling the younger ones in the mid-80’s (and continued over 25 years). There was so little curriculum available in the beginning and, other than knowing God was calling us to it, we were very much in the dark. We also were attending a church with many public school teachers who were very critical of our decision. The few of us desiring to keep our children home in our area gathered encouragement from each other! However, there was a Christian home school magazine that we all subscribed to that messaged success….’as long as we schooled our children at home, they would grow up without the problems many teens experienced’. As it appears happened in your home, one of our sons proved that ‘promise’ WRONG!! I won’t bore you with the story, as I know you have your own, but he did eventually ‘right’ his life, apologize to us, and matured. While going through those painful years I was able to share a more realistic view with the younger ‘stars in their eyes’ moms (that ‘sin lurks at the door’ wherever your children school, etc.).
I look forward to reading more of your life and outlook going forward! conni
Hello, Chrissy,
I have never read your blog before and I enjoyed what you wrote today! I wanted to agree with your home schooling comments. We raised six children and started homeschooling the younger ones in the mid-80’s (and continued over 25 years). There was so little curriculum available in the beginning and, other than knowing God was calling us to it, we were very much in the dark. We also were attending a church with many public school teachers who were very critical of our decision. The few of us desiring to keep our children home in our area gathered encouragement from each other! However, there was a Christian home school magazine that we all subscribed to that messaged success….’as long as we schooled our children at home, they would grow up without the problems many teens experienced’. As it appears happened in your home, one of our sons proved that ‘promise’ WRONG!! I won’t bore you with the story, as I know you have your own, but he did eventually ‘right’ his life, apologize to us, and matured. While going through those painful years I was able to share a more realistic view with the younger ‘stars in their eyes’ moms (that ‘sin lurks at the door’ wherever your children school, etc.).
I look forward to reading more of your life and outlook going forward! conni
Chrissy thank you for stopping by my blog (Chasing MY Life) earlier. I really appreciated what you had to say! In many ways our lives are quite parallel as are our blogging experiences.
I always laugh at those that say they don't like change. I have learned that life is nothing BUT change. I have also found that living a christian life is what has helped me adapt and roll with the punches life has thrown our way, cancer included so I have so much empathy for your family.
I too strayed from regular blogging, but did find a way to come back a couple years ago. I set up a plan where I ALWAYS do Happy Homemaker Monday, but the rest of the week is a series of pre-planned posts of positive affirmations and recipes unless I have a special event to talk about. I also do a series called BLOGMAS ever year beginning after Thanksgiving that I really look forward too as do many others who join in to keep the spirit through the holidays. I think you might enjoy joining in.
I hope you have a wonderful week!
I never saw your blog in the past, but I am sure I will enjoy reading your post in the future.
Hi Chrissy well someone all way in Oz read this post. I've become erratic in blogging too. I must do it again is what I'm always saying.
You're right re home schooling and Christian family not guaranteed to keep children. My friend did it with her big family and only 1 walks with LORD.
It's middle of night here and must try for more sleep but I pray that your son with cancer learns much from this trial the LORD has sent him, I've had poor health since teens, so many decades. God uses deep waters to draw you closer to Him. May God bless you all as a family growing in Him. Shaz in Oz.x 🙏🏻 🤗
Wendi, I am so glad you were blogging too!!! It is so nostalgic and has brought me a since of comfort reading so many blogs over the last few days. Visiting old friends has been so refreshing. Thank you so much for visiting. It is so crazy seeing our kids grow! It went so fast!!!!
Oh, what hope you have given me about your son returning. You have no idea how your comment has lifted me. Thank you for commenting and visiting.
Oh....thank you for visiting. I love the ideas you shared. I was thinking today how I could get a system that would hold me accountable to blog. I always loved it and missed it so. I made such a great blog friends when I did. Some I still talk to until this very day. The BLOGMAS sounds so neat!!!
Hi sweet Shaz! Thank you for visiting from Oz! I so appreciate your prayers for our son. It means so much!! I hope to see you again!!
Hi Susan!!! thank you for visiting!!! I hope you will pop in at times. Have a super amazing blessed week!!!
I have stayed in touch with my original blog friends from 20 years ago also. I've even met with a couple in real life! As we get closer if BLOGMAS interests you, you can find past years on my sidebar to check out.
Dear Chrissy, Thank you for visiting my blog over at "Closed Doors, Open Windows" today. I'm not sure if I ever visited your blog before, but I am happy to meet you now and will look forward to getting better acquainted in the future. I will also be praying for your son as he battles the horrific foe of cancer. I pray that God will give him the strength he needs to keep fighting and not give up hope. It's good that he is able to continue working, and I pray that he has a good team of doctors and people working with him toward healing. Of course we know that God is our healer and the Great Physician...and we can trust Him to always do what is best for us. May the Lord give you all the strength you need in this part of your journey. Also I enjoyed reading about your little treehouse getaway! That is very intriguing to me, and I know it's something that I would love to do, although now at my age I really don't like going places alone. Thankfully hubby and I are both retired so we mostly do everything together. I know sometimes it is good to get off alone with God, but I mostly have to do that here in our yard, watching the birds and just relaxing on the porch swing in the "Secret Garden" (that has no flowers...just a place beside the pond to ponder life). We were also in the ministry for the majority of our adult years, and I know how energy/time consuming that can be. We didn't homeschool our three sons, but I often wished that I could have. The thing is, kids are kids, and kids are going to do things as they grow up to carve their own path regardless of how much we try to guide them and keep them on the "right path". I am a firm believer in Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." We teach them from God's Word from the very beginning, we model Christ for them in our home and by making sure they are immersed in Christ's love and care from day one, but it is up to each individual to make their own decision to follow Christ. They may choose to "wait a while" and go out and experience the world for themselves...but eventually they will see that God's way is always the best way. We just have to keep praying for them and be ready to welcome them home when the time is right. Again, I thank you for visiting, and I will be praying for you and your family in the days ahead. May the Lord bless you and keep you always.
Just read your last post and praying for you in your empty nesting and your sons healing trust he knows the LORD and this will bring him closer to LORD. Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x 🙏🏻🤗
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