The mother tries not to think about the day the daughter will leave for college.

She told of a friend whose husband walked out right after their daughter left for college.

By then, my brothers and I had left for college.

The reality was that soon my daughter would be leaving for college.

The only conflict I ever saw was the summer before she left for college.

Young people leave for college and return only to visit.

One night before I left for college, she invited me into her house.

When he left for college, her whole world fell apart.

By the time he left for college, I was hooked.

We did not speak of her again until the following summer, several days before I was to leave for college.