My goddaughter moved in her college dorm on Friday. I went along with her and her mom where I embarassed her taking pictures, helped get her room set up and marveled that she was old enough to go to college.
It doesn't seem that long ago that I was moving into my first dorm room. It certainly doesn't seem to be that long since I went to hospital and held her for the first time. I remember the three year old arguing with me about whether the birds at the pond were ducks or geese (I was right but I finally gave in because she was convinced). When she was eight, we made our own icing for our Christmas cookies. It was a little thin and runny, but we ate them anyway. She's been my partner in many adventures when her mother generously allowed me to "borrow" her and introduce her to my many hobbies.
When I worked in the tourism industry, I took her along to festivals, reenactments and other great sites in the state. And now, she's attending Westminster in Fulton, site of Winston Churchill's famous Iron Curtain Speech. The memorial and a piece of the Berlin Wall occupy prominent places on the campus. It's a true tourism destination in our state.
I'm excited for her as she starts on this new journey. And if my tourism exposure didn't get her interest before now, then being on a campus with a lot of tourists coming through might.
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