Author Archives: karentreat

About karentreat

I started this blog in my middle years of life. Now, I am closer to the later years of life. I am married, was a registered nurse, now a ELCA ordained pastor, and a trained spiritual director. I have three married children and a son living with us as he attends graduate school. I published my first book "And Then There Was Me- Meditations from the Empty Nest" in September 2025. It is a gift to myself and others in times of transition. I continue to write...knowing there is no finish line and enjoying the many mile markers along the way.

Waiting in Advent

Advent Week One Time marches along and we are in Advent.  We went to both colleges and heard their Christmas concerts.  It felt like we were still parents of “dependent” children and important part of their lives.  Both were so … Continue reading

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