Heidi Stevens: When an empty nest looms in the near distance, even little parenting chores feel like a privilege

Heidi Stevens: When an empty nest looms in the near distance, even little parenting chores feel like a privilege

I was cleaning blue fabric dye out of my giant chili pot the other morning when it hit me that some of my favorite parts about parenting — the parts that hit me like a gust of wind and make…