Empty Nest
“One day the toys will all be put away, the house still and quiet.” https://x.com/Camp4/status/1985724302835269976
These words—from a video my friend @isaacfrench_ made for his wife—hit me hard this morning.
📢Parents of young kids, take it from me—a recent empty nester:
The Good Old Days don’t feel like it at the time. It feels more like hard work and struggle. The days are long…
But the years fly by. Then, one day you wake up and the house is still and quiet.
One of my most cherished memories is coming home from work each day and opening the back door to our 1947 craftsman home. My 3-year-old daughter (now 20) would drop her toys and run down the hall—her footsteps booming on the old wood floor—to greet me.
I love my life and don’t need to go back, but I do wish I could pass one message across time to 35-year-old me:
You’re living the good old days right now. Savor every moment.