as reality slowly sinks in...
"As life changes go, it's really, really big. If you're my dad, you say, 'Hey. You'll see each other at Thanksgiving.' But if you're me, you realize that life as we've known it is over. Our shared childhood is ending. Maybe we'll never live at home again. Maybe we'll never all live in the same place again. We're headed off to start our real lives. To me that is awe-inspiring, but it is also the single scariest thought in the world."