Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 07:00     Subject: Well...I ugly-cried the second I got in the car....

Hate to tell you, but I had a lump in my throat for drop offs in subsequent years too—always in the fall. Something about them getting older, me getting older....
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 00:54     Subject: Well...I ugly-cried the second I got in the car....

Anonymous wrote:Dropped my kid off at his campus today for his first year of college. Through everything, carefully considered, he still wanted to go and live on campus. Despite everything going on, I'm excited for him. Genuinely.

I played it cool. And then the water works started the second I shut the car door to leave.


Same here. Sigh!
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 00:33     Subject: Well...I ugly-cried the second I got in the car....

Anonymous wrote:He may be back home next week.


Or he might not. I’d hope for the latter.