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[quote=Anonymous]My DD left for college two years ago, and I still feel sad each time she leaves to go back to school after a vacation or weekend at home. It's quite an adjustment. It takes time, OP. Finding activities to distract you will help, but it's such a huge change. I have younger children to distract me, but they will go off to college soon, and I'll be sad when each of them leaves.

The strings are still there, OP. Your child is still a child, and she needs you. My DD came home often her first year in college she said to see her friends, but I think she liked coming home, even though she didn't say so. I still do a lot of things for her, even though she's slowly becoming more independent. All children are different, OP, but I needed to keep regular contact with DD to make sure things were going OK. There are always hiccups during the first year. You're not just sending them off, and then leaving to spend three months in Europe!

But it's sad, particularly the first week when you walk past the empty bedroom, and sit down at the dinner table with an empty chair! Children have to grow up, and I'm happy mine is doing well at college, but I sure miss her childhood! [/quote]

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