I took a sojourn up to Eugene this past weekend to visit my daughter at Oregon.  Long drive there and back, especially with Open House on Sunday, but it was a wonderful weekend.  

We sometimes lose sight of the wonderful things we provide for our students at Carondelet.  Students do tell us every now and again, as do parents, but as we move through the day to day things we do, I think we fall into the “same old stuff” mindset periodically.  And then, just when we least expect it, we get reminded of why we do what we do and how amazing we are at what we provide for our young women.  A few examples from my trip:

• Cassidy knew everything that has been going on at school, and not from my sharing with her; she checks our social media accounts to see what is going on
• Her roommates, who are a wonderful, told me repeatedly that they wished they had gone to Carondelet-clearly they are checking on what goes on with Cass and she has shared some of her experiences…evidently we need to start some outreach to southern California Jess.
• While walking around on Saturday, I heard, “Mr. Cushing, what are you doing here” from four of our graduates.  They love Oregon and are doing great, and they all stated how much they either missed Carondelet or how much fun they had here, and they asked about some of their teachers and staff members.
• I got back her for Open House and had at least a dozen families come up and tell me how amazing our campus is, how friendly our students are, and how great our teachers and staff are…and they are right.