Next Phase, Take Two

Re-Emptying the Nest

We thought we were entering our Empty Nest stage two years ago, when Son #1 started his final year of college and Son #2 started his first. But both chicks ended up returning to the nest at the end of that year, to regroup and rethink their next steps. They were back—but they weren’t moving backwards. They were young adults now, living more or less on t…