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College Tours, or better make it a double
This week we took the Dude on his first college tours. He’s been on college campuses before, during summer camps or school competitions, but never with the context of I might be spending four years...
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Can’t take the road if you don’t know it’s there
What do you want to be when you grow up? We ask children the question all of the time. With the Dude getting ready for college, it’s sort of omnipresent in our house. I was chatting with a young...
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You call it maize, we call it corn
This summer we took the Dude on a tour of several fine Midwestern Universities. It’s a little early, I know, as the Dude is only a rising junior, but I wanted to get him thinking about the prospect...
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Stay away from the light
I was chatting with the mother of a rising freshman. We talked about the social scene, dating, drugs, drinking and all of the rumors and realities of high school life. I reassured her that her son...
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Our tour at Come-here-U
Welcome future Hedgehogs! My name is Ryan and I’m your tour guide for today. I’m a senior studying Medieval Organizational Strategy, with a minor in walking backwards while dressed like an academic...
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My son applied to college and all I got was this essay
My son is applying for college and our entire household is on Valium. The source of our stress, however, is not the shift in our family structure or the cost of out of state tuition. It’s the college...
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You aren’t your story. Uhm, what?
The Dude threw himself on my office floor, face down. “Aaaaarrrrggggghhh.” “Good day, then?” He raised his head enough to give me the look. If he wanted tea and sympathy, he chose the wrong cabbage...
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March Madness doesn’t always happen on the court
If all goes well this week, we’ll know which college gets the prize. No, I’m not talking about NCAA basketball. I’m talking about the Dude. I think back to the beginning of junior year, when the great...
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There’s no crying in baseball
Spring Break was quiet this year. The Dude had a lot on his mind, with college decisions looming and even more importantly, the fate of his NCAA bracket. Apparently, he does his best thinking while...
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Wherever you go, there you are
Being a mother has occupied the last eighteen years of my life. While parenting is an exercise in entropy, it still provides a certain infrastructure. The daily schedule of getting the Dude to school,...
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Because I said so, that’s why.
I sat on the back porch swing and watched fireflies chit chat while the bluetooth case of my IPhone occasionally flashed hello in return. At least I’m hoping it was a hello. I’d hate to think I’d...
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It’s our fault. We taught them to share.
Eleven days left Until I claim his bedroom Paint the mother pink _____________________ Not that I’m eager Go ahead–count those chickens What could happen now? ______________________ Damn, I had to ask...
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The not-so-last supper with my college bound son
Dinner wasn’t how I imagined it. What ever is? I’d planned multiple not-so-last suppers. These dinners would give us memories to sustain us until Thanksgiving, when the Dude would return, all...
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Waiting for the sun to come home
I’m fine, but I feel sorry for the cat. That’s what I tell myself. It’s a lie, although I do feel bad for the cat. He misses the Dude, too. It’s okay, I tell him, as if he could understand me. It’s...
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Momaiku – The freshman drop off edition
How can this much stuff All fit inside the Prius? “Don’t open the doors” _______________________ Sure you’ve got it all? “What could I be missing, Mom?” I’m sure we’ll find out...
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What emoji do you use when your kid hates college?
“Whoever said college was the best time of your life was lying.” — The Dude. This was followed by the poop emoji. How quickly things change. Just a few weeks ago, he couldn’t wait to leave. He was...
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If Only We Could Lock Down Guns As Easily As We Lock Down College Campuses
At 2 a.m. on Saturday night, my IPad sang from across the room to let me know someone was calling. My husband shook me awake. I’d forgotten to mute the electronic offender, and surely I’d hear about...
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No Dude, there is no dream college
It’s the fairy tale we tell our children from the time they are very young. …and one day, you’ll meet the college you’ve always dreamed of, with small class sizes, abundant clubs and opportunities to...
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Behavior of an un-becoming parent
I sent the Dude a tiny frog. It’s supposed to bring him luck. Luck was the one thing he wanted most for me to send, aside from Pop-tarts and something to stop his typical winter to spring nosebleeds....
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Rediscovering my superpower
With the Dude in college, the day-to-day operation of Dude.inc went from being my primary enterprise to not my business way too quickly. They don’t make golden parachutes for mothers. We’re ejected...
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