My 19-year-old moved across the country with 4 days' notice. What he packed made it easier to let him go.

A mother recounts how her 19-year-old son informed her on a Monday that he was moving 3,000 miles away that Thursday. She understood his need to leave because she had made a similar move at his age. When she visited his new home in San Francisco, she discovered he had brought the Christmas bear he had since childhood. The item made it easier for her to let him go.

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