I was thinking this morning about "Adopt-A-Mom." In college I had one. She worked for the school and would often have a few students come over for real food, a chance to pet her dogs and cats, and just be in a real house for a while with her and her family. It was a nice change from being in a dorm every day. Several of my friends had other Adopt-A-Mom types, too. This made me wonder if everyone has that experience in college.
It makes a certain amount of sense. You have students who are 600 miles or so away from home (me), who grew up with pets and real food and family members (again me), who are then living in a closet-shaped dorm room (me) with a stranger and are subsisting on bagels, lattes, and spaghetti (me). It doesn't take much to impress a young college student like that. Mashed potatoes will certainly do it.
Anyway, it was a lovely thing and I visited her often thoughout college. When I left, she had taken several new freshmen under her wing, so I assume the cycle is still going, though her own daughters are probably in college by now. Thank you, Mary!
An Erinku:
crumb trail
from scone
to coffee pot
to tummy
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