So off we go. The day we arrived, in the morning, you know, moving her into her dorm room, and

And my husband was like, “What are you doing? This is crazy. She’s just going to college.”

her. And you know, we were going to miss her, she was all the way across the country.

So somebody in the dorm walks up and down, and says to the parents, “It’s time for

And it was just an amazing experience. We were really proud of her, really excited for

Oh, and he and a bunch of the saddest looking fathers walked out of that dorm together.

Literally, it was like a whole group of men who now suddenly realized they had to leave

However, I was slightly less of a wreck, because I had been obsessing for months, totally immersing

And we were headed back to the White House alone. Which was, you know, a sad, sad transition

All of a sudden Bill, and a lot of the other fathers, are going, "What do you mean, time

We were both wrecks—I don’t mind telling you that.

myself in the preparation.

I’m cutting paper to put in the drawers and all that stuff.

She’s hysterically laughing at me, and I’m saying, “No, I’m trying to get you set up"

you to go now.”

for us to go?!”

their kids, and they weren’t ready for this.

for us as parents.