Minh Nguyen:  

College August 17, 2000. Moving date to the University of Georgia. Prom season and yearbooks marked the end of my high school career. Preparing to move into a Residence Hall and saying "goodbye" to old friends and your family can be taxing on a freshman's emotions. But that didn't matter. I was ready to feel those feelings: the anxiety, excitement, freedom, etc. After waiting patiently for the past four years, I was finally in college! However, it would turn out to be one of the most bittersweet days of my life. My father had waited once with me, and now he was waiting with me again. Only this time he was helping me moved into my dorm. There were four of us that day: my father, my sister, my boyfriend at the time, and I. I was so excited about moving in, that I wasn't expecting any other feelings except the fear of losing my boyfriend. Yet, there was something much deeper and emotional that day. After making 8 trips back and forth from the car to the 6th floor of Creswell Hall, it was the final goodbye. After saying my good-byes to my family and my boyfriend, I had the urge to cry. I told myself that the possibility of crying wasn't even there, but now it was happening. I immediately rushed to my room (#622) and cried. I don't like it when others see me cry. I should be rejoiced at this good fortune because after all, I was really looking forward to this time -- being away from home and from my family. So WHY was I crying? Then it finally dawned on me -- I was really missing my family. The people who took away every ounce of sanity I had were now the people I missed the most. For the next six weeks since ...Expand for more