Bizazz,I know just how you feel, We all have put so much into raising our children it is very hard to step back and let them get about the business of being an adult.
I also have a daughter who will be 15 very soon and I will be go nuts if she chooses a school out of town.
My daughter is not a baseball fan she just couldent care less about baseball. She has been to more baseball games than I can count She has not had vacation without baseball in years.
I have also promised her much more of my time. lol she did not cry when we left John at UTM hmmm I wonder why.
I think that like you what makes it beter for me is that John is such a good young man and when you think about it college and and helping our kids to become good adults was the goal the whole time.