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

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<p>Gloworm and Mafool</p>

<p>Thank you so much for taking the time to let us know that life does continue. It just doesn’t seem possible that it will, but I know you are right. Feels so much like someone has died. I didn’t grieve like this when my father passed away and we were quite close. Even though I missed him, it somehow seemed like the normal passage of life. Of course I know that my DD is living and so excited to be where she is. But, on this second day of life without my best friend, the hole in my heart seems so big.</p>

<p>Thank you to everyone who reads these crazy ramblings, I am normally such a put-together person. This has blind sided me.</p>

<p>Blessings</p>

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<p>Think how much better it is to miss them than to be glad they are gone. I cried like a baby for hours when I dropped my D off freshman year. I remember friends telling me they couldn’t wait for their kids to be out of the house. I thought that was really sad. This year, as she left for her junior year, it was still really hard for me. We are very close and, as she matures, we become better friends, and it is very natural to miss your friends and not want them to move away. I am happy that she is happy to be at school so it truly is a very confusing mix of emotions. That being said, I am so grateful to have that mix of feelings and wouldn’t change it for the world.</p>