College Student With Type 1 Diabetes: What I Fear the Most

This is not my first rodeo. Three years ago I dropped my older son off at college with a mix of excitement and sadness. It took a while to get used to him not parked on the living room sofa, listening to his music while he simultaneously played video games and kept up with Facebook and Snapchat. This should have prepared me for round two, but it didn’t.

In a few days, my younger son will move into his freshman dorm. Once again I struggle with all those wild emotions that rage through parental...