I'm Officially an Empty Nester

Coping strategies for the first week of my new life

I’m standing on my sister’s doorstep, sobbing, unable to get words out of my throat.

She says, “Last time you were like this, you told me you were pregnant.”

Twenty-three years ago, my life flipped upside down when I had my kiddo at nineteen. And now, it’s askew again as he embarks on his own adult adventures.

Of course, this time it’s a perfectly normal l…