It can be difficult adapting to life with an empty home after your kids fly the coop, but there are many perks to having free time again. An empty nester who felt "lost" when her daughter went to university decided to pack up and venture on a midlife gap year all by herself - now she's "living her best life".
Rachel Stump, 49, always knew she wanted to do "something big" when her daughter, Wynter, 20, fled the nest, so she sold everything she owned to backpack around the world. After roughly planning her travels, she set off to Spain last year and has never looked back - now she hopes to inspire other mums.
