Got to visit beautiful Seattle again this fall. Sunny and warm, dare I say hot? at 85 degrees. SPU is a beautiful campus. Discovered a nice trail along the canal nearby. Got to see Lake Washington and visit two old friends.
Dropped my younger daughter off at freshman orientation … the emotions took me by surprise. Until I realized that this has been a year of too many goodbyes. As we fell asleep in the hotel the night before orientation started, I began to pray, realizing i would be alone in the hotel the next night. Pray, pause, wait for response, pray, pause again, realize that she is sound asleep! Not surprising since we got 5 hours of sleep in Denver the night before and traveled 3000 miles and adjusting to a 3 hour time difference. Bittersweet moments.
We said goodbye in January (twice – once while at a funeral saying goodbye to a beloved grandpa), then again in June when she went off to sailing camp, and then finally in September. The adventure of college begins for my youngest – and the adventure of a new stage of life begins for my husband and I.
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