Our daughters have begun to assuage our concerns that they can take good care of themselves while they are away at school.  We have had a harder time adjusting to their going away than they have.  Not that we would tell them how concerned we have been.  But they seem to know we are worried as most parents are when they send their kids off to school.  The girls have assured us their living arrangements are pretty safe, the area they live in is well-lit and that there is even surveillance security around the campus and even in the student residences.  I wonder if they know how much we appreciate them acknowledging our concerns the way they do?  We couldn’t be prouder of our girls, and we know they will do well in their studies.  They have always worked hard and gotten excellent grades.  Even though they have had their mischievous moments growing up, for the most part, there are no complaints from us.  Maybe by the time our sons are ready to fly the coop, we will have gotten used to the idea and it won’t be such a shock to our systems as it was with the girls.