I drove up to East Lansing to visit my daughter at Michigan State University. She is in her junior year there and it's hard to believe even that much time has gone by. The trees along the roads and on campus were still bright, but this time of year they are starting to fade and drop their leaves. The weather was overcast and a bit melancholy.
On Saturday we shopped at quilt and antique stores and sat at the Dairy Store on campus and ate ice cream out of waffle cones while we listened to a radio broadcast of the last few minutes of the football game, which they won in a nail-biter.
Sloan drove me around campus through all the twisting and winding roads lined with stately buildings both modern and historic until I was throughly confused. I only really know how to get to her two former dorms, which I tried to visit as often as I could, and now to her house off campus.
Sloan stayed with me at the hotel on campus and we had nice talks at a leisurely pace. I know these kinds of visits are few and far between since we both live hectic lives. But I cherish the time we have together.
I hope she'll look back on these days at college with fondness, and remember her old mom who comes for the occasional visit and is trying so hard to let her grow up!
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