KAPLANSKY: All of a sudden, that was going to end.

KAPLANSKY: This was percolating in me after 18 years of having her home all the time, kind of forever. SIMON: Help us understand the process of turning those kinds of anxieties into a song, something that's inside you that you want to share with others. After 18 years, how can it be just one week more till we carry those boxes to her new room on the seventh floor? KAPLANSKY: (Singing) But I’ll miss that girl in her room, safe and mine. And it was sort of all-encompassing and very sad for me. But the big thing in my life was that my daughter was about to leave home. KAPLANSKY: I think it was the song that kind of encompassed the main experience I was having at that time because, you know, yeah, there was a pandemic. Why did you decide to lead with this song on your album, which, by the way, is utterly beautiful and effective? And how do you expect me to go on after that song? Roots, wings and all of that is among the utterly human episodes that Lucy Kaplansky shares on her new album, 'Last Days of Summer.' She joins us now from Cape Cod. She’s filling boxes with blankets, books and clothes - no longer a child, unafraid, ready to go. Was hoping August wouldn't end, but it never lasts. LUCY KAPLANSKY: (Singing) Last days of summer are coming on fast. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, 'LAST DAYS OF SUMMER') OK, parents, trigger warning here about the first song on Lucy Kaplansky's newest album - our producers cautioned me to get a tissue.

Nancy simon therapist