As our children grow up and start leaving home, so many of us parents experience feelings such as grief, excitement, loneliness, lack of purpose, joy, and uncertainty. This wave of conflicting emotions is often referred to as “Empty Nest Syndrome.” While it’s not a clinical diagnosis, it describes the emotional transition parents go through during this stage of life.  You’ve spent years building your life around your kids, always having them in reach and now you’re standing in a quiet house thinking, “What now?”