<p>Bet your bottom dollar, aspen!</p>
<p>This was our first to depart also. The second one leaves in about 6 weeks - a few days after A Day. I’m bracing for the goodbye, but I know how different it will be. Her orientation schedule arrived and it includes lots of parties, dances, and information about rushing sororities. Yup, I really think it will be different.</p>
<p>My hubby has been overwhelmed with emotion also. I just don’t think we knew what the impact would be. You said it best (as you always do), “I learned first hand that the sorrow associated with the sense of loss is a much more powerful emotion than parental pride.”</p>