I was an old parent, and my friends are empty nesters now. I'm envious of their lives.

I was an old parent, and my friends are empty nesters now. I'm envious of their lives.

The author had her second daughter when she was 39.Courtesy of the authorI had my second child just two months before my 39th birthday.As an older parent, I'm much less intense and stressed out about parenting.Now, most of my friends are empty-nesters, and sometimes, I envy their freedom.When I was 38, I found out I was pregnant, and I had our second daughter just two months before my 39th birthday.Our oldest daughter was 8 years old, and I was …