“Nest Closed for Business.” I tried hanging this sign on the door, but it didn’t work. After a time of glorious peace, tranquility and space in an empty nest, a little bird is back.

Full disclosure: My wife and I are entering our “empty nest” phase, as we send our son Blake off to his school this week. It got us to wondering how this avian metaphor first took flight.

Vicky Piper and her husband Jeff have grabbed attention from the Today show, Good Morning America, Buzzfeed and other media outlets for a viral photo of them holding an empty nest with a black ...

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