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The Long Goodbye: Sending Your Kid to College

| February 20, 2023

Packing up and moving them to college means saying goodbye to the way things were. Just this morning I ran across a mother and daughter who looked lost. Because I have a perpetual “How can I help you?” look on my face (according to a friend who noticed...
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Parents, We Have a Problem

| October 28, 2022

I have hesitated to write this, but I feel as though I must. I am not a “the sky is falling” Henny Penny type. I don’t peddle in hysterics and panic. For those who know me well, they may say that while I may be passionate and animated at times, I...
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Dealing with the Junior Jitters

| October 24, 2022

If you know a college junior, be sure to check on them. Yes, they have made it through the first-year frights and the sophomore slump, but now they may be experiencing the junior jitters. What is that, you say? The junior jitters can include those experiences that...
Gratitude Is Always an Appreciated Gift
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Gratitude Is Always an Appreciated Gift

| November 30, 2021

A few months after graduating from college this year, my oldest celebrated her birthday. She is now a “young, working professional,” but she is not too old to be reminded (scolded?) to write her thank you notes for those who sent her thoughtful cards and...
Changing a Major Shouldn’t Be Major
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Changing a Major Shouldn’t Be Major

| February 28, 2021

Bless the students (and the parents of them) who leave high school, enter college, study and learn, and graduate with one specific goal in mind. Maybe they have always wanted to be a nurse or wanted to study a foreign language so they can live and work in another...