When Your ‘Grown and Flown’ Moves Out of Town

Last July, my oldest daughter, who had just graduated from college, accepted a job offer in New York City. The fact that she had found a job — one that she happened to be very excited about — was reason to celebrate. And yet, as happy as I was for her, I was in no mood to do cartwheels.

Why would anyone want to leave home and move away from their “cool” parents? (Twenty20 @crystalmariesing)

I always knew that her moving to another city was a possibility, and I understood that a grown chil...