<p>You have so much to be proud of, Artichoke! and so do your parents!</p>
<p>jeffandann, I particularly like #2 and #8. Living through an ex-spouse who “up and left” our family during my daughter’s senior year, it touches my heart to see someone recognize and fully support their “other half.” The tendancy is to take so much for granted. If you don’t recognize the love and effort that went in to your “team,” than who the world will?! Such a sweet compliment to your wife!</p>
<p>Artichoke YAY for you! My daughter is more like you, but I did help with some of the more practical matters. I actually thought that was how it was supposed to be. If she wants something, she’s gotta go and get it. I’ll support her as needed but I am certainly not going to do it for her. She did the research, her college list, her applications, her monologue and song choices (with the help of her voice teacher on the song choices, but she came to him with the sheet music to ten songs she wanted to try and he helped her pick from amongst them), she scheduled the auditions, and prepared her pre-screening materials (I did operate the video camera but beyond that, dude, I am a science person, not an artsy type so I would actually not be a whole lot of help), made the phone calls, etc. And even when her Stenhardt callback was cancelled for the weather, she emailed and called to get that sorted out. I helped make it happen in terms of traveling etc. I made the plane reservations and booked the hotels, and accompanied her to auditions but beyond that? All her. I’ve never been a stage-mother either. Quite the contrary. I didn’t even find CC until after her auditions were finished. (neither did she but I think that it would have been cool to have had the resources of this place earlier on!) Go YOU!</p>
<p>Me too! My mom did travel but I did everything else.</p>