Navigating Difficult Emotions

Responding to Sadness, Anger, and Anxiety in Healthy Ways

Over the past week, I’ve experienced a wave of sadness I didn’t fully expect. It came from two directions at once. First, I’ve felt the ache of realizing that a whole season of my life has ended. My three oldest sons are now out of the house. I didn’t feel it in the moment when we dropped Kale off at college. But I felt it this week as I stood on the ba…