When Christy Pruitt-Haynes saw her daughter's acceptance letter to Duke, she was overwhelmed with emotion. First of all, pride for the enormous accomplishment of Christiana's accomplishments. Second, sadness as she realized she was losing her baby. And third, shock when she saw the bill, she had never written a check that large in her entire life. She wanted to find an outlet for these emotions and out of that, I Have to Pay For This $h!t, was born. She believes the empty nester community needs to come together to support each other this fall as their kids leave to chase their dreams.
Christy's daughter is thriving at college and Christy is getting to rediscover what it's like being someone other than "mom". She created ABC solo dating. She does 26 dates by herself. They have to start with a different letter of the alphabet, challenging herself to do things she had not done before.
Christy Pruitt-Haynes joins us to discuss her book, I Have to Pay For This $h!t. The book is available at https://ihavetopayforthis.com or on Amazon.