Joanna Gaines Is Making Us All Cry Talking About Her Emptying Nest

Rob Kim/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty ImagesAs Joanna Gaines packs her second child off to college this week, she wants everyone to know that the old parenting cliché that it all goes by so fast is starkly, painfully real. The Magnolia mogul shared some of her thoughts about her emptying nest on Instagram, and here we are, tearing up and snuggling our kids a little tighter. Gaines is sending her 20-year-old son Drake and her 18-year-old daughter Ella off to college this fall, and while she still has Duke (17), Emmy Kay (15), and Crew (7) at home, it’s making her reflect on her growing kids