This is the Package I’ve Been Waiting to Open for 13 Years

Next to bittersweet in the dictionary – it should just say this: “Your child is moving on.”

When your child leaves home, the flood of emotions is overwhelming and complex. The intense mix of joy and grief is confusing and you have to feel your way through it. Let whatever you’re feeling be there. It’s laughing and crying, sorrow and celebration and the fact that it comes at the end of the whole application process (college or job) which in itself is a roller coaster ride means emotions are al...