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Lord have mercy—it’s the night before we take our son to college. This is his last night in the bed that he’s slept in for the past 18 years. Release me from lurking around his bedroom, but I [...]

Someone once told me that a key to surviving college drop-off day was to write a heartfelt letter to your child and leave it for them to read after their parents' departure. Because, of course, [...]

For 18 years my son has slept in the bedroom just down the hallway,  and tonight is his last night in there before we take him to college. He’s asleep, but I’m sitting here in the hallway outside [...]

College drop-off day is around the corner. The first time I went through "College D-Day," it was one of the hardest, most dreaded days of parenthood I'd ever experienced. The memory of that [...]