Amy Smith is anxious. She ‘s known for years this time would come, but now the day when she and husband Stan will deliver Alynna, their eldest child, to UW-Madison for the first time is almost upon them.
“We ‘re sending our child into unknown territory, ” said Smith, of Darlington. “She ‘s been under my wing (until now). I know all of her friends, I know what she ‘s doing during the day, I know what she ‘s doing at night. We ‘re very close.
“We ‘re small-town. When you hear about UW(-Madison), it seems huge, almost overwhelming and I’ve felt panicked sending my child there. It ‘s going to be a huge transition, huge. ”
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