1. “An empty nest is not an empty heart, but an opportunity for new beginnings and self-discovery.”
2. “You know you’ve raised them well when they are ready to leave the nest, even if it feels empty without them.”
3. “The empty nest is not an absence of love, but an acknowledgment that love can take different forms as our children grow older.”
4. “The empty nest is a time to reflect on the love and sacrifices that went into raising your children, and to appreciate the remarkable humans they have become.”
5. “As an empty nester, it’s important to remember that your worth is not defined by your role as a parent, but by who you are as an individual.”
6. “The empty nest is a bittersweet reminder that our children are meant to grow and thrive on their own.”
7. “There are two times when parenting is the most difficult. When the baby first arrives at home, and when the adult first leaves home.”
8. “An empty nest allows us to redefine our roles as parents, shifting from caregivers to mentors and friends.”
9. “An empty nest is an invitation to focus on your own personal growth and fulfillment.”
10. “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
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11. “An empty nest is a precious gift, allowing us to rediscover our own passions and pursue our own dreams.”
12. “Whatever you do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it”
13. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.”
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14. “People make a lot of jokes about the empty nest. Let me tell you, it is no laughing matter. It is really hard.”
15. “Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What’s that suppose to mean? In my heart it don’t mean a thing.”
16. “To all mothers in every circumstance, including those who struggle, I say, ‘Be peaceful. Believe in God and yourself. You are doing better than you think you are.”
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17. “Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you.”
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18. “Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving”
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19. “Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark.”
20. “Making the decision to have a child – it is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body.”
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21. “Your child’s life will be filled with fresh experiences. It’s good if yours is as well.”
22. “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.”
23. “Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.”
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24. “A wise parent humors the desire for independent actions, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rule shall cease.”
25. “SING OUT LOUD IN THE CAR, even, or especially, if, it embarrasses your children.”
26. “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.”
27. “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.”
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28. “It doesn’t matter how old you are or what you do in your life. You never stop needing your mom.”
29. “Our children’s independence is a reminder of how much we had to give and all that we have accomplished. It is a pleasure to remember that it is not a form of abandonment but an expression of a job well done”
30. “And despite everything I know now, I still believe, as I did when I was little, that there is an entire universe of things that my mother knows that I don’t. I still believe that nothing truly bad can ever happen if my mother is around. I know it’s not true. But still. It is true.”
31. “The art of mothering is to teach the art of living.”
32. “Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.”
33. “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want, and then advise them to do it.”
34. “Be open to what comes next for you. You may be heading in one direction and then life brings you another that might be a good thing.”
35. “The afternoon of life is just as full of meaning as the morning; only, its meaning and purpose are different.”
36. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing”
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37. “If You’ve Never Been Hated By Your Child, You’ve Never Been a Parent”
38. “The empty nest is a reminder that life is constantly changing, and we must adapt and embrace new chapters.”
39. “Empty nesting teaches us that letting go is an act of love, allowing our children to spread their wings and find their own happiness.”
40. “I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be strong, allow them to experience life on their own terms,”
41. “The empty nest teaches us that as parents, our job is to guide and support our children, not control their every move.”
42. “As a parent, you quickly realize that life is one long series of letting go; watching your kid crawl, then walk, then run, and then drive away.”
43. “A Mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.”
44. “With an empty nest, comes the opportunity to create a peaceful and rejuvenating space just for yourself.”
45. “Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.”
46. “It takes someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child, someone special to love someone more than herself.”
47. “Being an empty nester means finding new ways to fill your own cup, rather than focusing on the needs of others.”
48. “It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.”
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49. “It is not the job of the child to protect her mother. It’s the mother’s job to protect the child. By allowing your mother to protect you, you gave her a gift.”
50. “A mother knows what her child’s gone through, even if she didn’t see it herself.”
51. “As an empty nester, cherish the memories of raising your children, but also appreciate the freedom to focus on yourself.”
52. “The letting go is the hardest part. As an empty nester, you have to trust that you’ve done your best and let your children fly.”
53. “Raising your child well is hard. But learning to let them go out into the world and prove that you did your job right is even tougher.”
54. “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.”
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55. “Sometimes love means LETTING GO when you want to HOLD ON TIGHTER.”
56. “An empty nest is a reminder that life goes on and that change is the only constant.”
57. “The beauty of the empty nest is that it frees us to reinvent ourselves and explore new possibilities.”
58. “Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.”
59. “An empty nest is a reminder that life is full of seasons, and each one brings its own joys and blessings.”
60. “As empty nesters, we realize that parenting is a lifelong journey of love and letting go.”
61. “When I stopped seeing my mother with the eyes of a child, I saw the woman who helped me give birth to myself.”
62. “I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.”
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63. “Embrace the silence of the empty nest, for in stillness you can discover new depths of self-awareness and peace.”
64. “Having kids – the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings – is the biggest job anyone can embark on. As with any risk, you have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of wonderful people for their help and guidance. I thank God every day for giving me the opportunity to parent.”
65. “The empty nest is a time to celebrate the accomplishments of your children and cheer them on as they begin their own journeys.”
66. “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.”
67. “My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all – the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.”
68. “My mother shed her protective love down around me and without knowing why people sensed that I had value.”
69. “Home is where somebody notices when you are no longer there.”
