My daughter committed to a college, and I paid deposits for her housing and orientation. Then she changed her mind.

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I smiled at the Facebook memory that popped up in my feed. It was from one year ago, showing pictures of our family celebrating my daughter's Senior Night. In the caption, I wrote about my bittersweet emotions and shared her decision to attend her dream school 2,000 miles away. I caught my breath reading it. What I had shared so confidently then no longer matched her reality. She had been so excited when she decided to attend this college , but in the spring of her senior year — after we'd