It is that time of year again when freshman from all over
the country start school. This weekend
was move in weekend at Tulane University.
This is the fifth year we have been part of the experience and we begin
to see a pattern emerge from the family who are up at six, at the table at
seven and ready to hit campus with their car stuffed to the rafters by eight a.m. from those who rouse themselves
mid morning and saunter over to campus with the two duffles and a gym bag. We will leave it to our reader to imagine
which ones are girls and which the boys.
There is such a crush of emotion for both the parent and child;
apprehension, pride, excitement, and a tinge of sadness. We have a table full of potential on these
weekends, all these young people starting their journey towards independence
and self discovery. We know as parents
as well as from keeping in touch with some of these students over the years
that the path is rarely straight or expected.
If all of us knew then what we know now, no doubt we would avoid many
mis-steps but our lives would surely be less rich and treasured memories. Here’s to the beginning of memory making- we
wish the class of 2014 the best.
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