Joanna Gaines Shares Heartfelt Message About Her Kids and the Comments Are Making Me Shed a Tear

Joanna Gaines may be the ultimate businesswoman, but she is a mama first and foremost.

On Monday, August 11, the entrepreneur shared a sweet message dedicated to her children with the caption, “They told me it would go by quicker than I think. That the days are slow but the years are fast. And darn it if they were right. This beautiful gift of time has roared past us all just like I was told. My oldest son left for his third year of college while my oldest daughter packs for her first year across the country.”

She continued, “This season already feels like one big, breathless surrender. Lord, how do I hold them close while also letting go? Help me to embrace change with a heart filled with hope for the part I know to be truer than the rest—my kids and I may have been made for each other, but I also believe they were made for more. More experiences, more knowledge, more growing than could ever happen within our walls. To all the parents packing up and moving kids to new places, and to all those with years still to spare: hold them close, hold them well, and let’s all lean on each other when the time comes to hold it together.”

The message struck an emotional chord with many of Gaines’s fans, who echoed similar sentiments. “As a Mom who desperately loves when girls come home, I read something that really resonated......as your children become older and grow into adults with their own lives and responsibilities, ‘your home that has always been their anchor, becomes their lighthouse.’ And that stayed with me,” wrote one fan. “So much grief and joy all wrapped into one. It’s kinda like getting to the end of a really, really, really good book, and knowing you can’t ever read it for the first time again, but so deeply thankful you had every chapter and cannot wait for the sequel,” added another.