Just Stand By
"Wait a minute...what?" That was my incredibly intelligent response when Mike told me that my middle kid did not get accepted into nursing school at her university. And then my head started reeling at the exact time that my heart broke for her. Yes, she's a 4.0. Yes, she's articulate. Yes, she's worked with elderly, done volunteer hours, worked a mission trip, participated in extracurriculars, gone to mock interviews, done everything under her power she could to have a full application...and yet... she got denied. Mike and I suddenly had to figure out how to parent through this. This is new territory for us. And trust me, every single fiber of my being wanted to fix it, call someone, figure out what they missed, ask what went sideways during this 8-week process. But I can't. She's an adult... even if the school would talk to the mom (they won't....), it isn't my program or my graders or my class load or my major. It...