Eastern - Western

My twins have been accepted to college, or I should say colleges! Ashley is planning on heading East to La Grande (a little farther than I'd hoped) and Nicole plans on staying closer to home in Monmouth. I've told them over and over (the repetitiveness may be for my own benefit too) that they should go to different colleges. It will be the best thing for them. Expand their horizons. Broaden their worlds. Not turn into freaky little old twin ladies who live together until they're 90, dressing alike until they die. I guess I've convinced them that this is the best thing for their future. And I really do believe that to be true.

But...yep there's a but...but I would also like them to go to the same college...take care of each other, keep each other accountable and make Mom feel better about her little girls leaving home and living in the great big ugly mean world. I've never worried about them being out in the world because they have always been together. Driving to school, going to movies late at night, going to the mall, they have always been together, taking care of each other, watching out for each other. They have each other's backs. Different colleges means being alone in the world. Something they have never really done. Different colleges means that no one will have their backs. Being alone means I will worry about them.

So, as I always do, I will pray...pray for their safety...pray they make good choices...pray for their new friends...pray they adjust to living with a new roommate...pray for their roommate :)...pray they don't miss each other too much...pray they aren't homesick...pray that I adjust to a quieter house...pray as I always do for them!

I'm so excited for them. The process is so great and I'm thankful to be a part of it and to be able to help them through the whole thing. Brian has been doing much of the work with applications and helping them find scholarships. We are planning second trips to the colleges that they have chosen and I have already began planning a grand graduation party! It has been fun thinking about all the things they will need when they move out...a dorm refrigerator, new sheets, towels...mostly stuff Dad doesn't care about and the girls aren't really thinking about, but things I can't stop thinking about. I can't wait to see who they will become. It's so exciting! (Live!)