How to Thrive After Your Kids Leave Home IT'S HAPPENING You weren't always sure you'd get here, but the kids grew up and are surviving--more or less successfully. But what now? If you're like most moms, you're caught between grief and delight, and full of questions, loose ends, hopes, and regrets. Empty nesting can be a disorienting time, but it can also be the best time of your life. Jill Savage, an empty-nest veteran,...