🏝Rebecca Jackson🏝

Everyone always told us you only get 18 years with your kids before they’re grown and gone.

And everywhere you turn, you hear parents complaining about how exhausting their kids are, counting down the days until they move out, or celebrating finally having an empty nest.

Meanwhile, we’re over here building a home our kids never WANT to leave. ❤️

Not because we don’t want them to grow up, become independent, get married, or build beautiful lives of their own.

But because we want them to always WANT to come back.

For Sunday dinners. Bonfires in the backyard. Holidays. Family traditions. Random Tuesday nights. And eventually, grandchildren running through the same halls.

I don’t want our house to get quieter with age. I want our table to get longer.

I don’t want to spend 18 years building a family just to spend the rest of my life wishing we were all together again.

We’re building something that lasts generations. A family rooted in faith, love, laughter, and a whole lot of togetherness.

Maybe the goal shouldn’t be raising kids who can’t wait to leave home. Maybe it should be building a home they can’t wait to come back to.

🔥 Unpopular opinion: Have we normalized complaining about our children so much that we’ve forgotten what a blessing it is to have them?

Agree or disagree? Because I have a feeling parents are going to be divided on this one. 👇