Well, it happened... that dreadful day that every mother goes through, sending my first child to college. All summer I spent time gathering all the items my son Jake would need to live 9 months at his college that is over 3 hours away.
After a great High School senior year for Jake, he was lucky to receive a scholarship to play football for Graceland University. Jake had to report early for a two week football camp, this was the time he had to prove what he could provide to this program. Was it hard to leave him behind, OH YES, but am I excited for him, YOU BET!
My biggest mistake was looking back as we drove off, it was supper time and my son was slowing walking to the cafeteria by himself, my heart was breaking. A week later and it's getting better. With Jake's schedule of 6:30am-9:30pm, he doesn't have a lot of time to be lonely but did state he wished his roommate was at school. That will all come soon and then he'll be in the hustle and bustle of college life.
I can't say that I like him being away but I know it's an exciting new chapter in his life. So now it's putting on the blue/gold attire and attending Saturday football games. Go Yellow Jackets!
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