Remember how you used to tell your parents that you couldn’t wait to graduate from high school so that you could move away and go to college. It was more about gaining freedom and independence than driving your parents crazy. They would always say that once you leave home, you will be wishing that you [...]
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The College Routine
One of my friends left for college two years before I did. She went to Tulane. When she came home during breaks, she had stories of fraternity parties which included drinking and good times. She attended these parties with the girls of the sorority to which she belonged. It seemed that she was having the [...]
Putting My Family Life on Hold
“Honey, I promise: everything is going to be alright.”
It was the night before I was set to fly into Jerusalem, and my husband attempted to calm my nerves as I lay crying in bed next to him. I was nervous and scared: I was about to leave home — alone — for three months on [...]