By Kim Brown Reiner The Muscle of Missing You in College
My parents dropped me off at Dascomb Hall in Oberlin College way before cell phones or initials in neon lights…
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By Carley Whitlow To the Mom Who Left Her College Degree Behind
To all the moms out there who went to college and have a degree but made the choice to stay…
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There’s Something Special about Friends from College
There’s something special about college friends. The ones who watched as you learned to care for yourself, complete with laundry mishaps…
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By Megan Hollinger I’m Happy He Loves College, But I Miss Him
We dropped our firstborn son off at college two weeks ago. It may as well have been two years ago…
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I’m Sending Another Piece of My Heart To College
I’ve already done this. It was supposed to be easier this time. Newsflash: it doesn’t get easier. Three years ago,…
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By Amy Keyes Dear Seniors, Oh the Places You’ll Go!
Dear seniors, I’m pretty sure you’ve all read that book Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss. In fact,…
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By Heather Spiva Graduation Means One Last Party
My head is about to explode. My youngest, AKA my baby, is about to graduate high school this June. While…
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18 Years Went by In a Flash
If I close my eyes, I can conjure the feather-light weight of my newborn daughter. At under five pounds, my…
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By Elizabeth Dardes I Am Her Mother and Her Friend
The moment I realized my daughter was my friend was her first college drop-off. Her tears displayed her love and…
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By Stephanie Janney Does She Know How Much I Love Her?
I wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…
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By Kerith Mickelson You’re Leaving for College Today
Dear Son, You leave for college today, and I don’t want you to leave without telling you some things I…
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My Love Will Follow You to College
My son is 18 years old—still a teen and yet headed off to a life at college where he won’t…
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