Empty nest opens new doors

My husband and I are empty-nesters and it's a mixed blessing at this point. I love the mentoring vice parenting role that we've established with our children, unfortunately they are still looking to us to make decisions for them. Hearing us say that they need to make decisions based on what is best for their situations tends to cause tension, although the tension is not contained in our home but in theirs. My husband and I enjoy traveling as often as we can (school and work schedules permitting) and it's sometimes funny to get the "third degree" from our children when we are not readily available. I always thought it would be hard to adjust to a household without children, but it's actually been quite enjoyable. It brings us back to life without children which is always an adventure.