My Substack is (currently) called "Welcome Home" and I wrote a few months ago (over winter holiday I think) that in order to say "Welcome home!" to the people you love, they have to LEAVE FIRST. Love those little humans so much, but it's a lot easier to enjoy them when we can all get some regularly scheduled space from one another.
Oh I LOVE that framing. I love getting to say to my littles every time they come home how much I miss them. And I do miss them! I'm so happy to see them! But I can't tell them I'm happy to see them unless they've gone out into the world and had their own experiences, allowing me to stay here and have mine.
My Substack is (currently) called "Welcome Home" and I wrote a few months ago (over winter holiday I think) that in order to say "Welcome home!" to the people you love, they have to LEAVE FIRST. Love those little humans so much, but it's a lot easier to enjoy them when we can all get some regularly scheduled space from one another.
Oh I LOVE that framing. I love getting to say to my littles every time they come home how much I miss them. And I do miss them! I'm so happy to see them! But I can't tell them I'm happy to see them unless they've gone out into the world and had their own experiences, allowing me to stay here and have mine.