breaking away
I'm so glad we did that- just took off to see Mo for the weekend. She was so happy to be able to show us her sophomore tour of campus, town, her house, new friends and their visiting parents. And it was a touch more spring there, sunnier and warmer.
There was a fundraising dinner one night where we were seated at a banquet table full of new parents and freshmen. I watched our Mo brightly engage each one of them, unify the awkward table of strangers with funny anecdotes about adjusting to college life. Stories that made us feel as though we will all survive the experience, and be better for it. She was so adorable. Once again, I was impressed by her effortless charm, her easy style that relaxes and entertains. Later that night I told her so- and that I was really proud of the way she managed the evening. She gave me a wink and a quick hug good night. "Got it from you guys- just like everything else."
Seriously. Adorable!
beautiful campus...
wow where is that?
isn't it amazing to see your children in a different environment and realize wow they are adults and they are going to make it!
kathie in nj
Posted by:kathie | April 07, 2008 at 05:35 PM
thrilled to see you in studi (just got the special cloth/paper/scissors!)
love.
Posted by:suzi finer | April 07, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Ok, so where is this gorgeous campus?
I am learning from you to be more appreciative of my children's personalities and to tell them so.
Thank you
Posted by:bonniezo | April 07, 2008 at 06:36 PM
I have a freshman at Indiana, what a great school! Maybe they should meet! I love the transitions during freshman year, but I still miss him alot. Daughters call more often than sons.
Posted by:Sarah | April 07, 2008 at 06:48 PM
Looks like it was fun!
Posted by:pam | April 07, 2008 at 06:50 PM
HI C.
It's so heart warming to read your loving thoughts about your Daughter. She sounds like a great young woman and I know she gets alot of her charm from her Mom.
Posted by:terri | April 07, 2008 at 06:54 PM
I love your blog, Charlotte, and read it regularly with such relish --- though I have always been too shy to comment. But today's entry, with its snapshot looking down Kirkwood, with the old Von Lee theatre in the background... oh, I was sent into such reverie! My late husband was a professor there, and we raised our three little kids in a sweet old house just a couple of blocks from the School of Music. Your Mo made a wonderful choice, and how lucky you are: I have always thought it was the nicest campus a parent could ever visit! I moved away some years ago, but I miss it... thanks so much for a little unexpected journey "home"!
Posted by:Barb | April 07, 2008 at 08:14 PM
I live just 20 minutes south. If you every get the chance for a longer visit, have you been to the northern part of IN to Nappanee and Shipshewanna? Nashville just north of Blgtn has a quaintness to it. Not as cool as in years past, but lots of great art.
Posted by:Angela | April 08, 2008 at 02:50 AM
Your Mo is a wonderful daughter. And how sweet that she attributes her strengths to you and her dad.
We're off for some final campus tours next week as Hannah decides which college to accept for next year. Big decisions. Big changes.
Posted by:Susan | April 08, 2008 at 12:20 PM
I immediately recognized good old IU! My husband and I both graduated from IU in the 70's. We still go back for football and basketball games. From infancy we raised our son IU, but he ended up graduating from PURDUE!! He had a wonderful experience there as well. I now have a softspot in my heart for Purdue that I thought could never exist!
Posted by:Linda Joan | April 10, 2008 at 12:27 AM
I work on that campus! It is beautiful in every season...
Posted by:angie | April 21, 2008 at 03:14 PM