Empty Nest, Who’s Knocking On My Door?

image

It is true. There is a sense of emptiness when my children leave the home that they have known all of their lives. There is also that feeling of “Whoop Whoop”! I want to let them spread their wings and fly as they fulfill their dreams, yet still be their landing foundation. They will make their own adult mistakes. My heart endures the pain and the glory of their failures and successes. Failures are lessons learned.  I admit my children are living in this world with an abundance of information to decipher. We, including the school systems, have taught them well. They are using the tools from all of the teachers in their lives. It doesn’t matter who was the best or the worst teacher. They have grasped the realm of the lessons, good or bad, and are becoming the adults that make my husband and me the proud parents we are today.