freakin' out some (maybe more than some)

[mosaic]

it is a major transition when our kids start to leave the nest. what i tried my hardest to remember was that my job as a mom was to help my kids grow to be able to make it when they leave home... and it sounds like you've done a good job on that count.

and the worry etc tells me you are a good mom - who cares a lot about your kids.

i hear that you have expectations for how you should be feeling/acting at this time and it sounds like you are

Spoiler

beating yourself up

because you are feeling/acting differently than you want... we have done that to ourselves so much - it's hard to accept that what we feel is what we feel when it isn't what we think we should be feeling.

i'm rambling now, huh. we hear you.