Brooke Shields‘ fairly child is all grown up.

The Blue Lagoon actress was very emotional after serving to her 18-year-old daughter Grier—who she shares with husband Chris Henchy—transfer right into a dorm room at Wake Forest College in North Carolina. Regardless of beforehand joking about her pleasure in having Grier all grown up, Brooke revealed in a tearful video that she’s truly all torn up over the faculty freshman’s departure from dwelling.

“I’m now formally an empty nester,” Brooke shared on Instagram Aug. 26, filming herself from the porch of the household home. “It is so bizarre that she’s not right here.”

However for Brooke, the silver lining in all of it’s that Grier is now along with her and Chris’ 21-year-old daughter Rowan, who has been finding out on the identical school since 2021.

“However it’s not straightforward,” the 59-year-old continued, sharing that it was “actually arduous” seeing Grier off. “She began crying, after which I actually began crying.”

Brooke added, “After which, I cried an excellent portion of the trip dwelling.”