Empty Nest - Quotes

You did your job.

“To raise a child, who is comfortable enough to leave you, means you’ve done your job. They are not ours to keep, but to teach how to soar on their own.”

-unknown

“A wise parent humors the desire for independent actions, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.”

-Elizabeth Gaskell

“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back, reasons to stay.”

-Dalai Lama

“A mother’s job is to teach her children not to need her anymore. The hardest part of that job is accepting success.”

-unknown

“…I would have let him go one finger at a time, until, without his realizing, he’d be floating without me. And then I thought, perhaps that is what it means to be a parent — to teach your child to live without you.”

-Nicole Krauss

Letting Go…

“Sometimes love means LETTING GO when you want to HOLD ON TIGHTER.”

-Melissa Marr

“Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us.

-Melody Beatle

“Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible way.”

-Jack Kornfield

“You will never achieve what you are capable of if you’re too attached to things you’re supposed to let go of.”

-unknown

“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”

-Ann Landers

Life Goes on…

“Your child’s life will be filled with fresh experiences. It’s good if yours is as well.”

-Dr. Margaret Rutherford

“The afternoon of life is just as full as the morning; only, it’s meaning and purposes are different.”

-Carl Jung

“You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.”

-C.S. Lewis

“Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

-Albert Einstein

“It’s not only children who grow. Parent do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself.”

-Joyce Maynard

“Empty nest is not just about the loud quiet. It’s about being at the center of your own life where your kids used to be. You’ll be encouraged to embrace your freedom, go back to school, volunteer, but come first again is not as easy as it sounds. It feels like wearing shoes on the wrong feet.”

-Susan Bonifant

“People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.”

-Michelle Pfeiffer

Humor

“Hey empty nest parents, if you want your kid to call you, just change your Netflix password.”

“If only I had more laundry to do,’ said no empty nester mother ever.”

“EMPTY NESTER: When the kids move out and the whole house is my naked room.”

“If the nest is truly empty, who own all this junk?”

“Empty nest syndrome? There’s a nap for that.”

Feel free to submit quotes that have helped you get through Empty Nest Syndrome.