You're Allowed to Begin

If your house just got quiet, I want to say something before anything else.

What you're feeling right now, the mix of grief and pride and not quite knowing who you are, has a name. It's real. It deserves to be treated that way, not rushed past or explained away with a smile.

I'm Amanda. I'm walking this same road right now, watching our own nest empty and asking the same question you probably are.

I wrote this one page to say the thing nobody else is saying to you.