“I just waved my daughter goodbye again, and I thought it would be easier the second time because she’s already been away, and she’s been with me all summer,” Brooke said through tears.

“It was just too painful,” she went on. “I don’t think I can go through the driving away from campus again. So if there’s anybody else going through this, we’re all in it together.”

 “Oh, it’s so hard. I miss her already. Our babies… This is what you want. You raise them so that they leave you,” Brooke added.