Today, my son begins the end of one journey - and the start of another.
Tonight he and his teammates play their first game of my son's senior season. It's been a great journey so far.
More importantly, today he will be dropping off his student agreement at Nova Southeastern University, where he has been accepted into their dual admission program. He will be pursuing his bachelor's in athletic training and then as long as he keeps his grades up - he has a guaranteed seat in their school of osteopathic medicine.
Ironically enough, the last school he visited was the one ten minutes from our house - and it was the one he loved the most. I guess if we had gone there first I could have saved some gas money - but maybe he needed the other schools to show him what he didn't want so he could find what he did want.
In any case, I give a lot of credit to this site. A lot of wise posters here gave me perspective of just how difficult getting to play in college is - let alone getting any type of scholarship money out of it. So, I made sure my son kept the proper perspective. Even though it was on the academic side, he made sure to focus on schools that were showing him "love".
I could ramble on more, because well - baseball starting and college signing on the same day? How can you beat that?
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