A Week from Today...

In a week, my daughter will fly with her mother and brother from Northern California to Toronto, where she was born and spent the first five years of her life. Then a week later she will go to Washington, DC to begin her life as a college student at Gallaudet University. This is going to be a big transition for her and for her family.

After 13 years at the California School for the Deaf, my Miranda is following the path to higher education that we've imagine for her entire childhood. It's hard to believe it's finally happening. It's a time of milestones for her: graduating high school, turning 18, and going off to college. She is excited and nervous - let's call it "excitous." And I'm happy for her and proud of her, but dreading the idea of only seeing her a few times a year. I'm a dad who is "gladsad."