Kathleen took Ariel and her stuff up to college today. I keep thinking of how lucky I was to marry Kath, because second wives sometimes have little interest in children from the previous marriage (probably why stepmothers get such a bad rep in fairy tales.) But Kath has been Ariel’s main maternal figure for the past decade, and done a terrific job raising her, so it was nice that she was able to bring Ariel up to Connecticut (leaving me, on deadline, to get more work done.) And soon Ariel will be heading off to Ireland as part of a freshman program; how’s THAT for an intro into co-ed life?
I’m going to miss her terribly; I’m so used to having her around. But this is the most exciting time in her life ever, and I’m confident she’ll take full advantage of it.
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