I know this is supposed to be a normal part of life, but it feels anything but normal to me. How do I fill the space that motherhood used to take up?

Dear Missing the Mayhem: I get it. When the kids leave, the quiet can feel overwhelming. For years, your whole life ran on their schedules, their noise, their needs. Then suddenly, it is just still.

Dear Missing the Mayhem: I get it. When the kids leave, the quiet can feel overwhelming. For years, your whole life ran on their schedules, their noise, their needs. Then suddenly, it is just still.

My youngest just left for college, and the quiet in this house feels deafening. For more than 20 years, my whole world revolved around being a mom. My days were built around carpools, practices, ...

Dear Missing the Mayhem: I get it. When the kids leave, the quiet can feel overwhelming. For years, your whole life ran on ...

In today's Dear Annie column, a reader looks for help coping with her children having grown up and flown the coop.

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