E727 - Rita Lussier - And Now, Back to Me - When You Dread The Truth of The Empty Nest

EPISODE 727 - Rita Lussier - And Now, Back to Me - When You Dread The Truth of The Empty Nest

An award-winning journalist and writer whose column “For the Moment” was a popular feature of The Providence Journal for a dozen years. Her writing has also been featured on National Public Radio, in The Boston Globe, The New York Daily News, and many more. Rita enjoys coaching writers, conducting workshops and has worked as a publicist and editor. She has taught at both the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College. She lives with her husband in Jamestown, Rhode Island where she enjoys running, walking and time with family and friends.

And Now, Back to Me — a new book by Rita Lussier

Someday, it will come. We know this. But there’s life to be lived. Play dates and finger paints. Soccer games and bloody knees. First driver’s license and first love. And then, just like that, there it is. The day our last child leaves home and we’re left staring into an abyss like nothing in our experience. For so many of us, it’s a time in our lives shaken by dread, fear, sadness and the question we thought we’d never have to confront. What now? But the news from the empty nest is far from all bad as we discover in Rita Lussier’s memoir, And Now, Back to Me. Her story, as told over 40 chapters, takes us on an emotional roller coaster that is, at once, gut-wrenching and playful, at times seemingly disoriented but ultimately brimming with optimism.

https://www.ritalussier.com/