Rob Lowe was reduced to tears — multiple times — when his oldest son left for college last year.
As it turns out, that feeling of loss hasn’t necessarily dissipated.
“For a brief time your children belong to you, but soon they belong to the world. I am humbled to watch this process play out as my kids go out and make their own way,” Lowe told ABC News. “It makes me proud and it breaks my heart.”
It has also forced Lowe to recognize that time is fleeing. Planning for the future, he said, has become a priority.