It Is What It Is: When the nest is almost empty. Lisa Sugarman More Content Now. So just as a clarifier, I’m a super-emotional person on a good day.

It's no secret that when the last kid moves out, parents have the empty nest syndrome. That refers to the sadness many parents feel when their homes suddenly become empty and quiet.

This empty nest thing is going great! So far I've only almost cried three or four times in the grocery store since the last of my kids went off to college.Tears never actually surfaced; just more ...

This is the Summer of the Empty Nest. Over the past decade, my wife and I have dispatched four kids into the wilderness, i.e. adulthood, with varying degrees of success. My son runs his own ...