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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.

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Posted on August 19, 2020 by karentreat

and then there was me… I wondered for two years what it would mean to have my house empty of children.  What it would be to not have the day to day school and athletic activities.  Not have the worries … Continue reading →

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