Color this Thursday

What color to ascribe to this rainy, raw day? It is one of reckoning for a seventeen year old's hopes and dreams attached to her choice of university. Will it be dark and murky or translucent and golden: we will know before dinner time. It is not the end of the world, either way. But it is an awful lot of pressure that will be eliminated with a simple "yes."  Acceptance means the acknowlegement of effort. It means the same about parental sacrifice. And it points a family in a known direction, allowing it to make plans. Rejection means many new options will come into play, and this is not all bad, taking us all in many directions. While potentially they are just as great, they resolution will be  pushed into the future for three more months.

Postcript.  Not a "no," but a "deferred."  I guess they still want to see more or weigh the options available to the admissions committee.  A disappointment, but it makes our daughter feel challenged and more resolved to get what she wants, and this is a very positive thing.