Dealing
I realized that my feeling about the decision by R-MWC’s Board of Trustees is similar to how I felt the last month my mother’s mother was alive.
In late May 2004, we were going to pick up lunch on the way home from my brother’s baseball game. I called home to get Mom’s order and she picked up crying. I don’t remember her saying anything but I exclaimed “Oh my God” and rushed home. Tim called my cell phone and I couldn’t speak. On arriving home, we found out Gammy was still alive but her doctor had given the news she had little time left. Tim later came over for comfort and to doing something and get out of the house we went to a movie. About a month later, after giving Gammy a wedding invitation and trying on first Mom’s and then my own wedding dress, she did die. When Mom called me at work with the news, I felt very dull. The funeral was two weeks later. We all cried, but as Gammy would have wanted, we did not wear black and we had a good time at the reception, bidding family well until our September wedding. I think of her frequently and miss her so much. I am thankful there is new life in our family but wish they could have met each other.
I found out last November (2005) that a study was being done to see if going coed would be a profitable option for Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. If you read the entry from that day you might see I was already feeling the anger and loss. I have since visited the College for a dance concert and now that the decision has been made, I feel I’d like to visit a few times before Fall 2007 when men will be welcome as students.
I visited with Sara yesterday and we talked about the spirit which we believe is what students and alumnae love so much. Going over memories and such, I almost feel homeless, not knowing what will have change when I go back.
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