Comments on: Empty nest, not old one https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/ on Life and Love Mon, 06 May 2024 17:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: On the blog in Oct '13 https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-7246 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 23:11:21 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-7246 […] Empty nest, not old one (10/9) – Quotes from Mothering as a Spiritual Journey by Ann Tremaine Linthorst […]

]]> By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5089 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 01:12:37 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5089 In reply to Mia.

I haven’t heard that Buchner quote; how true it is! Our kids always are with us in many ways, regardless of where they are physically. Hmm…I’m starting to sound like my mother did. 🙂

]]> By: Brother Ollie https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5065 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:58:59 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5065 An empty nest is a far off dream. I’ll be 61 when I no longer have teens in the house. I like your book reviews. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is something I should tackle.

]]> By: Barbara H. https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5063 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 15:58:37 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5063 That is a great perspective. I have to admit I do miss the physical presence of little ones – the dimpled elbows and snuggliness and all – but I also like having a more orderly and quiet home now, too, so I guess there are plusses and minuses in any case. But having children did open up (or maybe stir up) so many things to me, like the qualities she mentioned.

]]> By: floyd https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5048 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:47:57 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5048 I like that perspective. Our lives have purpose even for our children after they’re moved on to where we help lead them.

]]> By: Mia https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5047 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:30:53 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5047 Dear Lisa
Frederick Buchner once said that we can kiss our children goodbye, but we can never be separated from them, because there lives a world inside if us!
Blessings XX
Mia

]]> By: Linda@Creekside https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5045 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:10:19 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5045 This spoke to me this morning. Heaps of truth packed in that one sentence – ‘The qualities of playfulness, spontaneity, innocence, purity, and wonder are as true of Being today as when our children were little. ‘

I need to sit with this a bit and soak it all in, Lisa.

]]> By: Dianna https://lisanotes.com/empty-nest-not-old-one/#comment-5039 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:53:56 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=1000#comment-5039 Ohhhh…this looks so intriguing! Thanks for sharing, Lisa!

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