Friday, March 28, 2008
College Bound
I just read a post on another blog about a mom bringing her daughter back to college after spring break. M has 1 more year of high school left and then she is off to college. This past week, we brought her for a tour of one of the biggest colleges here which is about 1 1/2 hours away. Not a horrible drive so we could go get her on the weekends, but the campus is sooo huge. 983 acres of land. It is so huge that they have an "urban" side and a "country green" side. And that is exactly how our tour guide described it. It is a beautiful campus right off the lake, but I just don't know if I am ready to let her go yet LOL!!! I know I can't stop her from growing up and am so proud of her for her high school accomplishments, that I know that she will succeed in college, but is just hard to let her grow up and move out. Oh well, better get used to it as there are 4 more after her URGH! LOL
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Lori ... it's hard the first few times you have to drop them off and leave them behind... but it gets easier as they settle in to their campus life, make friends and start to become a part of that lifestyle. I won't tell you it didn't break my heart when we arrived home after dropping my daughter off the first time for move in and we found a message on our home machine saying how hard it was, how scared she was and how lonely she was already. I wanted to get right back in my car and make that 2-1/2 hour trip and bring her back home, but instead I called her, talked to her for hours and got her through it. I love having my daughter home ... but now her 2nd semester in and she loves being at school with her friends. She's enjoying her classes and college life is per her words "everything she ever dreamed it would be and more". She thanks us all the time for helping her to get there. She still loves to come home for the occasional weekend and for breaks but those weekends have become much fewer and I completely understand even though I miss her, I'm so proud of her and her strength and accomplishments. She's growing up and I can look at her now and know that I had a huge part in the person she's become. You'll feel these same things as well ... and remember that no matter how far they go from home ... you're always going to be mom ... and there's nothing better than a moms love.
Tania
Oh goodness, I can' even IMAGINE what a mess I am going to be when my kids start thinking about college and leaving our nest!! Hugs to you, sweetie!
My oldest is going to be a grad in a couple of months, and believe me I am not ready for this. It happens so quickly. Believe me the time sneaks up on you, doesn't it?
Mine didn't go away to school. For me the hard thing was her getting married. Although she and her DH lived together first it's still such a right of passage. The chicks have to grow don't they.
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