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Calvary’s Recent Graduates Transitioning to the Collegiate Life

8/30/2017

Stacey Mell

For twenty years I have had one of my two sons here at Calvary with me. I have always felt so blessed to be able to work at the same place my kids attended school. They both have admitted through the years how much they loved all of us being in the same school. It has been a hard few days not hearing someone say “Mom, I just wanted to come by and say ‘Hi! How is your day going?’” But there comes a time in our lives as parents that we must allow our children to move on, embrace their opportunities, and accept the new adventures that our their futures hold.

Calvary is a family… that is a statement that has been repeated many times during the many years that I have been part of this school. God has placed a special love here that can only be felt once you are a part of Calvary Day School. I cannot begin to tell each one you how much the emails, texts, and phone calls have meant to me during the past week. Most of these are from moms who have just experienced dropping their kids off at college, former teachers of my boys, or moms who have been there too. It is hard… your instinct is to protect them and to hold on tight. But we should not do that; we must let go. We have to put our faith in God and ask him for the peace that only he can give us. Peace that they will be safe, make the right decision, make new friends, and transition into the college or career successfully.

Being a mom of a college student fosters a different role, but yet still an important one. I feel blessed that God has allowed so many of our students the opportunity to attend college and to work toward their future career. Calvary college students need our support and prayers. I encourage all of us to keep our recent graduates in our prayers for the opportunity for them to find new Christian friends and a home church in their new college town. Even though they may not be messing up the bathroom, eating everything in the pantry, or leaving their clothes on the floor, they are still our children and they will always need their mom (and dad too!).

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