This was it. One of the biggest steps I was making in my life.

Moving out of my house and into an apartment with my girlfriend and friend. It was going to be weird, for sure. I've always depended on my parents, especially my dad. We were as close as a father and son could be.

My parents always told me how when I was a newborn baby, I would cry when my dad went off to work, so my mom had to take me there to see him. Then I would smile once I saw him.

And now, I was moving away from them. Granted, the apartment was a...