Moving Day: When Kids Have Their Own New Nests

Over the past month, my three children — ages 23, 20 and 18 — have feathered three new nests. It’s been an exciting and exhausting time; my house has been turned upside down, with pictures stripped off walls and books plucked off shelves. The flurry of activity has kept me so busy that I’ve barely had time to consider what would happen when the last boxes were sealed and the final goodbyes were said.

Before the moving process began, I held a virtual family tag sale. I scoured the attic and ba...