Letting Go

This week I escorted my daughter to the beginning of her freshman year in college. Moving from the cool climate of northern California to the desert heat of Tucson will be quite a change. Here are some things I observed:

• Palm trees are beautiful, but they are not shade trees.
• Stanley the Monkey (Tucson mascot?) looks curiously like Curious George.
• Don't walk in front of someone who has a box in front of their face. The bruises healed nicely.
• There are a lot of families shopping in Target who use their outside voices.
• Some students brought a U-Haul to move into a 6' x 12' living space. I can't even comment on this.
• My last advice to my daughter: "I love you. Please take care of yourself."
• My daughter's last advice to me: "Get a hearing aid and a GPS!"
• I am glad I am not going back to college.