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

HomeschoolMom2
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:08:18 +0000

I just became a registered member so I could post on this topic. Not that I won’t become hooked on this site, which I just now discovered while googling “college, empty, nest, grief,”.
I just got back from taking my freshman D to a college 1000 miles away and I am heartbroken. I don’t know if anyone is still checking this topic but I find that I must write something. We are/were a homeschool family and she is my youngest. I didn’t realize what a sense of loss I would feel until I came home to the empty house which will never again be where my heart is. I just can’t imagine ever feeling happy again. Sorry that my first post is such a downer but I am having a real fine pity party at the moment. Hope to feel better tomorrow. Thank you so much to everyone who posted such heartfelt responses. I’ve read the entire thread twice now and I think I will be coming back for more. Before I found this thread, I thought I must be the only mom in the world to be such a chicken. Every parent has had to let their kids go, why do I feel like such a baby?