A hard lesson to learn...

Normally I do really well with Laura being away at school, but today it's been especially hard. Remember that "snow globe" blizzard we had yesterday? Evidently it was even worse in Golden. On Laura's last trip home she brought most of her winter clothes, boots, extra blankets, etc. So yesterday she trudged to class in tennis shoes thru slushy water and stayed in soaking wet shoes & clothes for hours on campus. By last night she was chilled thru and thru, and today has been especially rough. I'm thankful that Ian is close by and is taking such good care of her. We offered to come up, but he assured us there isn't really anything we could do that isn't already being done. This is when it's hard to be a mom...when my girl needs hot soup and aspirin and a warm hug. I guess we'll all learn a lesson from this...that winter isn't really over in Colorado until closer to May and that warm clothes need to stay in the closet in Golden and not the one in the Springs. Most of all, next year I'll send along a heating pad and an extra blanket! For now, a huge thank you to Ian, my hero!