While she packs the car, I check the weather. Though it won’t change our path any, my heart is lighter knowing we won’t have to contend with snow or rain.
Spring break seemed to sneak up on us this year, and now it’s over.
At least it is over for our college student.
The days off from her school never align with the days her brother receives from her old alma mater, still, we manage to make the most of her time.
We binged on her presence. From family meals to family marathons in front of the television, watching all of the one-hour shows that she’s denied herself until we could all sit side-by-side on the same couch.
Her life, she notes not unhappily, resembles the outward contours of adulthood.
She has done all the dutiful things time doesn’t permit during her regular semester.........