<p>After taking a deep breath, I know that things could be alot, lot worse. I lost my dad the week I graduated from high school, so I know all about keeping things in perspective.But after 17 years of hoping to see him finally graduate and go to college, its like the rug was just pulled out and this was all just some sick twisted joke.
So I think now we’re going to take a weekend off and go ski/snowboard and have snowball fights, and talk about things other than college. We want to find out what’s going on inside of him. He’s not the most outgoing person in the world, and he really keeps to himself, so like some of you mentioned, there are signs we probably missed somewhere. In these last few months of SAT’s, applications, essays, transcripts, interviews, visits, all we talked about was college, and where he was going to go, and we pretty much neglected the fact that there’s still this kid in there who isn’t really sure what is going on. I think we know now that all isn’t lost but there’s still a long way to go.
I also want to thank all of you for your responses; I really didn’t know what to expect when I first posted, so I really appreciate all the help , and I hope I can return the favor someday</p>