Gosh yes. My DD wasn't ready to leave home after high school either - she stayed a couple of years while going to community college. She's a homebody for sure. In fact she wasn't really ready to go until she said, people start to look at you funny if you still live with Mom, like you live in the basement or something and have no friends. She is out now but the whole thing left me a big fan of slow transitions... hm a pattern - no catastrophic changes for me.

Steamed carrots sound great.

I can't stand feeling bad any more either!