Becoming an empty nester is challenging for Brooke Shields, who breaks down in tears.

Being an empty nester is not easy, admitted Brooke Shields.

In a heartfelt social media video, Shields openly expressed her feelings after sending her second daughter off to college.

"A year ago, I watched my big girl leave from this porch and now, as an empty nester, I am back here with my two daughters enrolled at the same school," Shields, 59, began.

""Although they're together, it's not easy for the moms because it's so weird that she's not here," she said in an Instagram video."

In the video, the "Pretty Baby" actress wiped away tears as she remembered the emotional moment she said goodbye to her daughter.

"She started crying and then I did, crying a significant portion of the way home."

"I'm an empty nester," she said, wiping away tears.

My two baby birds have flown away from the nest.

In May, Shields admitted that she was not fully ready to become an empty nester before her youngest child went to college.

At the time, she told "Good Morning America" that she was unsure about her readiness for freedom, despite thinking she was prepared, as people would often say, "Oh you're gonna have freedom."

Shields acknowledged that her girls wouldn't be too far away and agreed they would "return," explaining it's like a "rubber band."

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By happenstance, Henchy and Shields crossed paths when the actress introduced her new dog to her friends.

In 1999, the day I met Chris, I fell in love with him, but I never told him. I had just gotten an American bulldog, Darla, and brought her to meet friends of mine in the gym on the Warner Bros. lot. While there, the dog wandered off, and Chris brought her back. He was writing for a show filmed on the lot and loved dogs. We chatted and he made me laugh. The couple got married in 2001. In 2003, "The Blue Lagoon" star gave birth to Rowan, and in 2006, Grier was born.