About Our Nests

Like little birds that at last leave the nest, so too do our own little birds fly away. When life’s lessons have barely begun to be learned, they fly away to gain new experiences and insights of their own. Some will build very small nests and remain there without partners for many years. Most will mate and through procreation, they will create even bigger nests. These days, even our own birdlings may choose to stay in our nests much longer than we might ever have anticipated. If our birdlings leave, we are simply living again in nests less crowded, as we had done when we built our nest in the beginning! Take it as a time to rejoice in new activities, and worry not! Many of us will see our “empty” nests fill up again as children of our children flock back to us for sweet reunions. Nests, after all, rarely stay empty. May 16, 2023 for Cooper Etheridge's Empty Nest Poetry Contest