What I Learned from Three College Graduations (opens in new tab)

It passed in the blink of an eye. One minute you had an eighteen year old, who somehow went from looking old, compared to the other kids in the high school, to looking like a scared freshman again. You remember the way she looked like a deer in the headlights when you moved her into her dorm, or the way he walked with false confidence–a little shuffle in his swagger–when you walked into some stadium or convocation center for the Freshman Welcome!