New Best Friend: Heartfelt Thanks to a Person I Barely Know

To My Son’s College Best Friend

I don’t know much about you; I know you have dark hair and you played baseball in high school. I know that you live in Atlanta. I know that you are in the same fraternity as my son and that you share the same major. You were kind enough to friend me on Facebook, so I know that you have two younger sisters, and a mom who is usually the one behind the camera. Just like me.

When it was time to send Connor to college, we encouraged him to go out-of-state. College...