<p>I dreaded the time when my D would leave for college, and had a bit of a hard time the last semester of her senior year. Then she got a boyfriend and had a lot of summer plans, so we didn’t see her very much the summer before she left for college anyway! </p>
<p>I took up a sport and lost 25 pounds. I’m cooking more healthy foods now, and that is more time-consuming. I went out of town with my husband and without my son for the first time! I’m also still very involved with my son and his college search. </p>
<p>I agree with the advice that it is very important to maintain your relationship with your spouse. Of course, that is always good advice–but particularly when you have such a major change in your life.</p>
<p>Now is your chance to do whatever it is that you really wish you could have done when you had children at home! What exciting thing will you do now?</p>