Empty Nest Mindset

A while back, someone asked if I was excited to be an “empty nester.”The question stopped me in my tracks. Almost literally knocked the wind out of me. Why do  we ask people this? What could possibly be exciting about the image of a mama bird alone, staring out over an old, used, empty nest that will inevitably fall apart with time? And—does it really have to fall apart? A Little Rewind… My husband and I met when I was fifteen years old—at marching band camp. He was the new g