Will We Be Ready In Time?

There are deadlines to submit final paperwork, endless To Do lists of things to buy, software to install on the new computer, a new backpack, and don't forget about picking the RIGHT meal plan. My head is swimming right now and it's easy to feel a bit overwhelmed AND I don't just mean for me ... my new college student-to-be has her moments too. But why I am overwhelmed? She's not my first child to go off to college, but it has been 9 years so being 'out of the loop' and 'out of practice' is my current excuse.

I can't believe how much has changed? Will we miss a deadline? Perhaps. Will we make a choice along the road that maybe we regret? The odds are for it. But we survived the first time and we'll all survive this time too. It's no different than when we first had our kids. Were we fully prepared? No! Did we know everything about everything? Absolutely NO!! But guess what? We, as parents, survived and apparently so did our kids because they're now preparing to go off to college.

Sure the road will have bumps and we may pick up the wrong map from time to time, but it's all part of the journey.