<p>My son is a college senior, and I still feel that way when he goes back to school. I try to console myself by remembering that I do almost always have several lengthy phone conversations with him every week – we still seem to be as close as we ever were – but I’ll very much miss just being able to look over at him when I want to, and give him hugs when he permits it! (When I was a teenager, I used to complain to my mother that she was always looking at me. Her response was, “I like to look at you!” After I became a parent, I understood what she meant.)</p>