Shannon and Carrie sat down for an honest, warm conversation about one of the most significant transitions in a mother's life: the empty nest. Carrie is right in the thick of it, with her daughter back at college for her sophomore year and her 17 year old son preparing to leave for a cultural immersion program in Europe. Shannon opened up about navigating this transition five times over, sharing candid stories about kids who came home unexpectedly, the balance between staying connected and giving space, and why, as she wrote in you don't have to be miserable when your kids leave, she found herself more excited than devastated when the last child left.
They talked about the grief that sneaks up on you not at the goodbye but in everything that shifts afterward, and about redefining your relationship with your kids without clinging or disappearing. As Shannon put it, you don't have to be miserable when your kids leave, but a rich next chapter doesn't happen by accident. You have to prepare for it, and you have to choose it.
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