I managed not to cry all day, but then cried as we were leaving the dorm room. My son hugged me and said he loved me - in that moment I knew a chapter had closed.
My husband seemed indifferent, but a couple days later he was tossing and turning in bed and couldn’t sleep. The next day his brother asked him if it was weird not having our son home and he got tears in his eyes.
I’m a sap about change and time passing in general. I always say if I could turn back the clock I’d go back to the birth of my eldest and do it all over again.