SRS,
I'm glad that you made it home safely.

Depositing a wannabe independent teen at college far away can leave a mom with mixed feelings. I found it was a relief when the first one left. -- No more struggles about how to do things. When the last one left, I felt very sad and empty until I went for a visit a couple of months later, saw his dorm room was a mess, just as his room at home had always been, and knew that not only would he be okay without me, I was glad to be free of the mess.   

rags