Presidents Leadership Class-Growing Up

Will is trying to decide where he should go to college. He has applied to many schools and been accepted to many too. But he has narrowed it down to ACU or OCU. He has quite a bit of scholarship to both but he is leaning more towards OCU. Will was invited to interview for a Presidental Leadership Class which also includes a scholarship. So we flew to Oklahoma for Will and I see to the school and interview for the scholarship. We flew from Midland to Dallas and then on to Oklahoma City. We landed, got our luggage, rented a car and headed to the hotel. Not bad since this was the first time we had really done all of this without help! The next morning we headed to Oklahoma Christian Universtity to begin our visit. The school was great! My first meeting was financial aid. The more the man talked the more I began to panic. $$$$ and loans!! Don't cry! Don't cry! was my montra. Finally the meeting was over and it was time for chapel. The singing began and was beautiful. Unfortunately, all I could do was cry. Poor Will! I kept apologizing to him but I also kept crying. Finally I gained control and quit crying. The rest of the day was uneventful, lunch in the cafeteria, visiting the various buildings that are named after our friends, and meeting the president of the school. He is a GREAT guy! That night was their was a reception for all the candidates for the Presidents Leadership Class. I told Will he needed to mingle and mess with the minds of the other candidates. Most of them looked smart and into science and so I thought Will should tell them that he had heard they were looking for athletic kids who were interested in a good time. Will would not go for it. BUT a boy came up to us and started talking and he began playing mind games with Will. All I could do was laugh. The funniest part was when this guy introduced Will to the President as his good friend and the President said that he already knew Will. YEA for Will! We left the reception and we saw the Branches. He came and spoke to us and even introduced Will to the Director of Admissions. Afterwards we went to their Spring Sing. Will and I did not get to sit together but we texted the whole time making comments about the show. A few times I even laughed out loud! Saturday morning Will had to get dressed for his interview. Business casual was the attire. After much discussion, we decided that kahkis, white shirt, boots and tie were in order. We were going to go with a suit but because of his broken foot I didn't want to buy dress shoes. Will thought he knew how to tie his tie but it just wouldn't cooperate. After googling it, we finally got it to work and headed to the school. A mist was falling from the sky, but it didn't bother Will. He was ready to go in and knock the interview out of the park. I walked into the building with him but he wanted to walk by himself down the hall to the interview. As he walked away, all I could think of was that this was just like first grade when he walked to class by himself for the first time. The tears began to fall as I realized my little boy was a man and beginning a new road. Soon Will was back with me and he thought the interview was a success! It was with 8 different people,kind of like a round robin and he answered their questions,was articulate and funny. (I guess, I wasn't there!) But Will assures me he rocked it!