Empty Nest

I think it's fair to say that we all can't wait until our children finally leave the "nest".  You have to figure that you've raised them to the best of your ability and at some point they must move on.  So why can't they seem to do that?

Today, we live in a much different world.  When I was growing up, the top age to be at home was maybe nineteen.  We couldn't wait to go out and get our own place and discover what the world had to offer us.  We probably didn't like it as much as we thought we would but we still tried. We certainly didn't run right back home.

Well, I can assure you that my "nest" will probably never be empty.  I don't have a problem with it but I would sure like to have some emptiness so to speak.  Seems like every time I get one moved out and going, one comes back.  It's like a rotating door/room.  They just keep coming back!  The best part, they seem to multiply and have animals when they make their way back.

I guess it's safe to say that I'm not the only one with this dilemma.  I see it on the news, read it on social media, and even my friends go through it.  So why can't this generation get up and get their priorities straight?  Because we allow it.  It's as simple as that.  We simply enable these kids to be jobless, homeless, and broke.  Why?  Could it be our own selfishness?  The need to have power and control of them.  To be honest, I don't need either one of them.  However, I need to know they are safe in a world so messed up.

Don't get me wrong, I do want my "empty nest".  I want them to go to their home and raise their families.  I love my quiet time, I love not picking up after twenty people, and I love being able to do my writing in peace.  That my friend is me being selfish.  

To all of you in this situation, may you all have a little emptiness sometimes and a whole lot of peace.