Help! Oldest daughter going off to college. We need support

shyparentalunit
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:31:41 +0000

Isn’t it puzzling that we shed so many tears when our children do exactly what we’ve raised them to do? Our son (age 23) got married last week and our daughter leaves on Wednesday to study abroad in Switzerland–I’m feeling weepy! But at times like these, I do try to remind myself that it would be infinitely sadder if they couldn’t/weren’t able to do achieve these milestones. The tears I shed are also tears of joy.