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Brooke Shields shared an emotional video about being “officially an empty nester” after dropping her youngest daughter, Grier Henchy, at college. “It’s not easy for the moms … it’s just so weird that she’s not here,” a tearful and distraught Shields said on Instagram in late August. Nearly two months later, Shields is pleased to report: The moms are alright! At least, this one is. The actor, model and entrepreneur, 59, tells TODAY.
And very often, you’re not necessarily top on your own list,” Shields says. Being proactive about her own health, Shields says, is a big switch from the worries that come with growing a family. Shields has long been open about infertility struggles as well as postpartum depression, which she wrote about in her 2005 book, “Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression.
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