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SMNo one prepares you for this part.
For loving someone so deeply…
and seeing them slowly need you less.
Raising big kids is both experiencing the pride in who they’re becoming, and also grieving who they used to be.
It’s noticing the house feels different.
That conversations are shorter.
That the version of you who was once needed in very obvious ways is learning how to stand in the background.
And that can be beautiful.
And heartbreaking.
At the same time.
This stage asks us to love without holding on to tight.
To ask our hearts to be strong in ways no one really talks about.
If you’re here, feeling all of it—the pride, the ache, the gratitude, the loneliness—you’re not doing it wrong.
You’re just in the middle of a beautiful and heartbreaking transition.
If this resonates, follow @smalljarcoach and share with a friend.
And if you haven’t already, check out The Almost Empty Nest Podcast, where I talk honestly about this season of motherhood and how to navigate it without losing yourself.
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xo
Jennifer, Master Coach
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