Eagle Lessons for an Empty Nest

As seen in

Lessons for a struggling empty nester, 

from a family of eagles

By Mary Novaria  May 22

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They called it an “accidental fledge.” The 73-day-old bald eagle wasn’t expected to make his first flight for at least another week or two, but while hopping on branches around the nest and flapping his wings, the eaglet slipped, fell to the ground and sent thousands of online viewers into a panic.

Was he injured?

Would he be safe on his own?

Will he ever come back to the nest?

And, when nightfall came and he had yet to return, Was he alive?

These are the very same questions I asked when my depressed and anxious teenage daughter ran away from home and, later, when she moved out on her own. Even now that she is healthy, married and in her twenties, I am sometimes tempted to ask them because I am a fledgling when it comes to this empty nest thing.

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