<p>I got thrown into this very suddenly with an unanticipated decision to send both kids to boarding schools for 11th and 9th grades, respectively. It was such an amazing opportunity for the oldest (D) who went to Interlochen to study voice, that we got over our trepidation and just planned to go visit whenever we could (a long plane trip from Dallas to Michigan). WildChild’s school was only 3 hours away, and it was the best we could do for him at the time.<br>
I really missed the activities and daily interaction with other parents (even though I was a working parent). Interlochen had a great parent community, message board etc. WildChild’s school- not so much.</p>
<p>When we moved D into Rice she was being pretty much of a b&T@h that day and H and I couldn’t get out of there fast enough! It was a lot closer to home than Interlochen, so we weren’t worried about missing her. With WildChild we were just so thrilled that we got him through high school and to Penn without a stop in the state pen, that we didn’t worry about missing him. We knew we would be up in Philadelphia frequently.</p>
<p>I AM glad one of mine lives in our current city, though.</p>