Letter from mom to son going to college

As my heart breaks a little, here’s the last-minute advice I gave that I hope he takes to heart. As my son prepares to head off to college and the start of his adult life away from home, my stomach. Sending your son or daughter to college is a milestone (and the start of a new phase) for both of you. It can be a special but bittersweet time.

I have read a few examples, and some of them are beautiful, poignant. They are to offer advice and throw out some words of encouragement. I am so proud to be your Mom.

You are a true gift from God and one of my greatest accomplishments. I cannot wait to see what your future holds, the possibilities are endless. I love you Brando n Patrick Tafelski…. Mom “It’s a magical worl Hobbes, ol’ buddy… Let’s go exploring! Comments The night before I took Jimmy to college , I couldn’t sleep a wink.

When I couldn’t stand another second of tossing and turning, I got up and wrote him a letter. My son John Paul just turned years old. I fired off my first letter to him when he was four days old. All of this is to simply say. Related: Grad Gifts for Guys that They Will Love Moms of Teenagers, Here is the Open Letter You’ve Been Starving For.

Style at Grown and Flown: Ciao Winter, Hello Spring! Dianna Flett is a leader, entrepreneur and mother of four boys. Her goal in life is to not raise jerks.

The day you have looked forward to ever since you first heard the word and the day that your mom and I have eyed with apprehension. The DAY that you go off to COLLEGE ! Son , Today is the DAY. Did you know that according to in ancient Rome a collegium was a club or society, a group of people living together under a common set of rules.

I was raised by a loving stay-at-home mom. I realize that you are not going to text or call me every hour on the hour as many of my friends’ daughters do. This is the moment your father and I have been preparing you for, but that doesn’t make it any easier to let you go.

It has been an honor guiding you through the first years of your life. They take weeks to process and you never know what kind of amazing, spur-of-the-moment travel opportunity may be offered to you through your college , your employment, or your social circles. You, my sweet girl, have inherited your mother ’s gypsy spirit.

I feel I need to consult Latin For Dummies in order to even come close to finding appropriately powerful language to tell you what this means to me. The quandary is physically getting the letter to my son. I must send the letter to his mother then pray she delivers it to him. I’ve sent dozens of letters , birthday cards and Christmas cards to my son and received no reply. Then a mutual friend told me his mother opens and reads his mail.

More troubling, the cards and letters I sent.