Hard to believe that Caleb is going to be a junior at Wabash College in a few weeks.
Harder to believe that Hannah will be a Sophomore at Olivet Nazarene University.
Hardest to believe that Samuel will be a freshman at Ball State University.
Today was one of those bittersweet days as a parent – Samuel’s orientation at Ball State in Muncie, Indiana. This is our family’s third year in a row to push a kid out of the nest. Each time it feels so very wrong.
And so very right.
Neither Melissa nor I (not to mention Samuel, for that matter) have spent much time on Ball State’s campus before this point, so it was excellent to see what’s there and to get a glimpse of all the opportunities that lie before Samuel beginning next month.
It is a beautiful campus and the day’s activities were well-organized and informative – all very reassuring for us parents.
Samuel seemed to feel very much at home and left campus with his first semester schedule in hand and a burning desire to get started.
Fortunately (for us), we still have him at home for another five weeks or so.
All the same, it’s “official” now and we feel it …
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