I have been trying to be ready, but I know I'm not, and I never will. And though this moment seemed so far away, now the countdown has started...
To all of you, who will read this article, and have children, I say that it doesn't matter where we come from, we are all in the same boat.
To my one and only.
Michael Gerson
Opinion Writer
Saying goodbye to my child, the youngster
Eventually, the cosmologists assure us, our sun and all suns will consume their fuel, violently explode and then become cold and dark. Matter itself will evaporate into the void and the universe will become desolate for the rest of time.
This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I dropped off my eldest son as a freshman at college. I put on my best face. But it is the worst thing that time has done to me so far. That moment at the dorm is implied at the kindergarten door, at the gates of summer camp, at every ritual of parting and independence. But it comes as surprising as a thief, taking what you value most.
