Confession: It’s HARD when the kids are GONE. Like really gone. You know, when they are fully moved out and won’t be bouncing back for summer break from college anymore since they now have a place of their own. Today we are chatting about how our expectations don’t always match lived out experiences for Empty Nesting. And how the grief of your kids leaving can appear in surprising ways and how each kid leaving will hit a bit different. 

Check out today’s episode to hear:

1. Will your house be cleaner now without kids? Do you get another pet to fill the void? 

2. Ways your time is freed up 

3. The importance of reconnecting with your spouse BEFORE the kids are permanently gone 

4. Things Becky is looking forward to and things she is dreading about having a fully Empty Nest

5. The weird transition into a new normal 

6. Things Anne didn’t anticipate about leaving her son at his own home

7. How hard it is to not make mothering your identity 

8. Why grieving is actually just part of parenting 

9. The tough parts of mommin’ adult children (why don’t they call more!? Gah, so hard that they don’t need me as much anymore…)

10. Why your aren’t “doing Empty Nesting wrong” if you miss your kids

Dog IG account mentioned: https://www.instagram.com/simonsits?igsh=aWliY2l2a2FmNzJ6

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