How far is too far?

mountainhiker
Mon, 04 Nov 2013 21:13:31 +0000

Great post, Mussels! So glad your son is loving Thacher. Our son truly considers it “home” now (which definitely tugs a bit at my heart, but makes me so thankful that he found the right place for him). He continues to grow and mature in ways I could have never imagined. (My never-sang-before kid is now singing bass in the chamber choir, and is in a barbershop quartet!!)

One great perk of sending your kids to boarding school that I never expected was that I also get to make new friends! I had the pleasure to meet both Mussels and PatronYork at Thacher family weekend, as well as catch up with many other fellow sophomore parents that I had met last year. Maybe it’s because Thacher is such a small school (30 freshman boys & 30 freshman girls), or maybe it’s because the “mission/culture” of the school appeals to such a specific subset of students/parents . . . but my husband I have had the wonderful gift of making several new, great friends as a result of our son’s attendance at Thacher.