Missing her: It's just as hard for dads when the kids leave home. - MCT
When kids leave home, is it worse for fathers?
My mother-in-law called the other day to see how I was doing. My husband and I had just taken our daughter – our firstborn – to college. Now, we were home, contemplating her room and the beloved detritus of her childhood – old snow pants, dog-eared Pendragon books, corkboard photo collages – and my mother-in-law wanted to make sure I was holding up.
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