Today is the day that the local college students return. I enjoyed the 14 weeks without them, but it is that time again. The mini-vans and the large SUV are all parading into town.
I know a few of the students this year. Some are from this school, some from our former town. I am distinctly aware of the parents this year. I am trying to imagine what is going through the minds of those parents. After all, I myself have a senior. Next year though, there is no dropping him off at college. We will instead be taking him to the state capital and he will be gone for eight weeks. It won't be terribly long after that when he could literally be anywhere in the world. I am sure I will be emotional when the time comes, but this has been something he has always wanted to do and I am so happy it is happening for him.
The other thing I can't believe is that is has been 25 years since I was one of these students! How did an entire quarter century go by so fast? I can not even imagine what the next 25 years are going to bring, but I hope and pray it is full of as many blessings as these have been!
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