We are connecting women going through this stage of life and helping them find each other.

Whether you join our community or not, we’re helping moms like you know that you’re not alone, not the only one, and that there is a way to find people who feel the same way you do.

We want to make this stage of life easier.

That might mean helping you get your kid ready to move out,

Or just to have a listening ear,

Or a place to “be a fly on the wall” and listen to others talk about their experiences and what they’re doing/trying to figure out.

Remember when our kids were younger and we’d ask everyone we knew and search online to see if this latest thing they were doing was “normal?” It was all new to us and we were absolutely figuring it out as we went. Often we’d look to those who had kids older than our own to help calm our fears and let us know that, yes, this is normal! Well, now we’re doing that again, except instead of focusing on our child’s milestone, we’re looking inside ourselves at the swirl of emotions, the rollercoaster ride – choose your own metaphor here! There is a lot going on inside us. We’re happy for our kids – of course. We’re worried about them, but we’re also feeling a deep sadness, grief, even, and it can feel very confusing and isolating because no one is talking about this stuff!

But we are! Our community is a place to share your experiences without judgment.

We rarely talk about the heartbreak and true grief that is mixed with the joy, pride, and excitement of this new chapter.

We are often (always?) last on our own list of people to tend to, so we silently grieve alone.

If you’re looking for other people going through the same thing, you’ve found us!

Welcome to Landslide Moms.

We are everywhere. In all parts of the world, in all different vocations. Our stories might be different but our experiences are so similar.

We want to normalize the fact that we need to grieve the loss of our child’s childhood while celebrating the amazing grown ups they are becoming. So often we think “I’m the only one who feels this way. No one will understand this. People will think I’m ???” And we just smile and share a quick wonderful thing about our child when we really want to talk about how much we miss them and want to hug them tight and love on them the way we used to when they were little.

From figuring out how to help our kids navigate their college dorm or their first apartment, to adjusting to that quiet house. It’s that strange mix of being there for our kids, but also recognizing that they need us less and in different ways than when they were younger.

We see so many great resources for moms at various stages, but not much for moms with older kids who are becoming independent and/or heading to college. We’re here to support each other through this phase of grief and joy as we navigate this new chapter of motherhood together.

Welcome to Landslide Moms.