To our new Rice Moms and Dads

BrooklyninOh
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:54:05 +0000

I’m proud to say that my son is one of the advisors ready to welcome new freshmen to Rice! It’s been a bittersweet weekend for me remembering the emotions of traveling 1200 miles to settle him in a home that we visited briefly the previous April. It was hard to leave after lunch, but I had many of my mom worries settled- I saw where he would live, met his room mates and their parents and looked at the campus through the eyes of an owl parent rather than perspective parent. The only disappointment for me was not seeing the matriculation ceremony, but understood that was best left to the new freshmen and their advisors. I was happy to get a few phone pics of the fireworks that night and found more photos on the internet days later.

Family weekend was great! I got to see him settled, with friends around campus, where he spent his freetime- all more mom worries! I can’t wait to visit again this Sept. He has a new room and a few different room mates I haven’t met, but I can wait now. I’m an experienced college mom these days. ;)