The College Mom Devotional

Find comfort and encouragement as you navigate the glad-sad season of sending your kids off to college. The College Mom Devotional features 90 uplifting devotions to help you navigate the hardest success of parenting: launching your kids into adulthood while also discovering what’s next for yourself. This devotional meets you in all of it—the ache of missing daily connection with your child, the disorientation of a shifting role at home, and the quiet stirring to discover who you are beyond parenting. Rooted in real-life stories and Scripture, The College Mom Devotional walks alongside you through the paradox of the college years—grieving what's ending while discovering what's next. Devotions interweave three core themes—Letting Go, Lifting Up, and Living with Purpose—so you can dip in wherever you are emotionally, from drop-off day tears to the quiet ache of an empty bedroom, to the exciting pull toward a new chapter of your own. Each entry includes: A relatable (and often funny) story A Scripture verse to meditate on “Pause and Ponder" questions to help you reflect and process A "Try This" action step A prayer to connect your heart to God’s The College Mom Devotional is the perfect self-purchase during back-to-school season or a thoughtful gift for a friend dropping her first (or last) child at college. You’ll walk away with the assurance you're not alone in this mix of emotions and that there is no shame in struggling to let go. You will also discover practical wisdom for shifting the mom-child relationship from daily life to long distance, and you’ll find excitement for building a new relationship with your adult child. Most of all, you'll come away trusting that your "encore season" of motherhood—and your identity in God, apart from parenting—can be just as fulfilling as the one you're leaving behind.