I must admit, I always viewed the stage of children leaving home as the parents’ time to reconnect and pursue things of their own enjoyment without living life around the schedule of their kids. But as I get closer to this period in my life, I notice a general sense of sadness in my friends whose children are moving out and navigating the empty nester stage. Usually it’s a rational sense of sadness where the parent misses the child’s company or presence around the house because they understand the child is pursuing their own life and adjusting to the world …
