As I Sent You to College, This is What I Hoped You’d Learn

Dear Son,

“Don’t blink–just like that you’re six years old and you take a nap and you wake up and you’re twenty-five…Don’t blink, life goes by faster than you think.” Kenny Chesney

I hadn’t heard that song since your high school graduation but I heard it today when I stopped in town for an iced tea. I started thinking about our first trip out to the Midwest to look at what was your leading choice for college. Even though you had already been accepted, we hadn’t seen the school yet. I wanted t...