The Morning Of

The Steady March of Time has led us to this.  It is the day Benjamin starts his college journey. 

We are up a little earlier than we thought,  Benjamin was awakened by a neighbor who thought it was A-OK to use a chain saw at 6:30 in the morning.  Moving to a dorm tonight, he may have to start to get used to even more unusual noises at even more unusual times.

The picture above is from our church service last Sunday.  Reverand Kit had our family come up front and the parish lay hands on us as a show of support and solidarity with Benjamin as he starts his college experience.  I'm not in the circle yet, as I am at the dais jibber-jabbering.  If you want to know what I was saying, check out the blog post, Our Womb Episcopalian. When I was done, I joined the group and Rev Kit led us in a moving, heartfelt prayer.

This has been Benjamin's church his entire life.  The mutual love found there is a spiritual and physical source of strength in his life.

We will be gathering stuff around, packing two cars (Benjamin will be keeping the 2004 Camry, a car promised to him when he was just a toddler), enjoying the day together, and then going to Georgis College for his early move-in as part of Cat Crew (a group that will help other students move in tomorrow).

Alison has done a lot of planning and organization.  He will be well equipped once he's settled in.  Alison planned at first with the mother of Benjamin's initial roommate.  It was a bit of a surprise when that roommate accepted a room on a waiting list for another dorm where he would have his own room.  A few days ago, Benjamin was assigned a new roommate, which was fine, but it did throw off the plans Alison had made.  But we are quickly adjusting, and we think everything will be ok.

Didn't he just graduate yesterday?

Oh, well.

The adventure continues!