Senior Year: What’s Making This Year ALMOST Bearable

When your kids are little you never think the day will come when they’ll actually leave home. Sure, you joke about it, as in “One day when you’re gone I’m turning your room into a crafting paradise and getting rid of your cat” or you might wistfully imagine a day when there aren’t empty glasses, dirty socks, and various contents of their backpacks littering every surface and room of the house.

You begin mentally counting it down when they’re in about 8th grade: “Only four summers/birthdays l...