I haven't been able to read all of the replies - but congrats to all of your children! I am sure I am not alone in this, but I am having a VERY hard time with accepting the fact that my DD just turned 18 years old and will start college somewhere in August. We live 5 minutes away from Old Dominion University (and she was accepted there) .. however, she wants to "live her best life" and go far away to college and she is praying for some scholarship money to do so (awards for her schools of choice out of State arent until April). She is an only child and I have been in an area of grey with my marriage for so long, that I dumped my alll into her - so the very thought of her leaving the nest just seems too soon! I will not smother her and make her stay here at ODU if she is awarded funds to go elsewhere but I am secretly hoping she stays here. She hopes to become a Pediatric Oncologist and Eastern Virginia Medical School partners with ODU and both are in our back yard!