Just a little note to explain this post before you read it.
I have a friend whose children are now grown and the last one has just recently left "the nest." She is feeling very unneeded and unimportant lately. Although the following was written more for the workplace, it can be applied to life in general. May this help you, my friend!
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I found this in some of the things that were my mothers. I don't know who originally wrote this piece, but I hope it will help my friend put her life back in perspective.
2 comments:
Tell her, also, to remember "It's a Wonderful Life!" We have no idea, nor will we ever really know, how we have impacted others'lives with our own. If it had not been for her, these children wouldn't be here at all. And their accomplishments and dreams are a reflection of what they've learned from her.
I'll have to remind myself of this in a couple of years when my own nest begins to empty.
I like it!!! :)
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