Christiana

hi loretitus - welcome to our thread!!!

there is centre college in danville, kentucky... and i live in lexington where UK is. but other than private lessons, which he already has, there is not a performing arts school around here.

i am going to talk to him, just wanted to get all the facts and get myself straight with it first. i guess the biggest problem i have with it right NOW, is that they want him to start in january, and there is no way i can arrange things here financially, work-wise, sell the house, etc. by then... so he would have to be up there without me - and i don't like it... he may be gifted, but he is just a tiny kid.

H - Heart

i don't know - i think it might be better to delay going than to get there and have them invest in him, then take him out - hell, i don't know... i wish kentucky was a more artistic minded place. it is hard finding resources here.

yeah but some white guys that shave their head end up looking like chemotherapy patients - gotta be kinda buff and have a good tan to pull it off. i just don't know... :confused:

yeah i don't care how cool other people think he is, he is still YOUR dorky dad :lol:

yeah, KM, that is kinda how i feel too -- WOW :o it is overwhelming

thanks for the support. i think that christopher has adjusted amazingly well. he is such a happy little kid. my dad spends a lot of time with him, and i have 2 brothers, age 13, and 19, that are great with him too - so that helps a lot that he has good male role models in his life. do you think this opportunity has a short window? will he lose something if i maintain the status quo for a couple years? i am already planning on increasing his lessons to 4 times a week, and he is excited about that. i haven't told him about this academy thing yet...

i know :cry: -- it is just difficult. even though you have been kind enough not to ask, my husband died in a car wreck almost two years ago... so you can imagine that makes the bond with my son that much deeper. i don't think i use him to cope, but we are just like a team taking on the world. it is hard to change that. we live in such an ideal place, and my family is all close to where we are... change is hard.

i wonder if apple will go through the "embarrassed by your parents" phase? "dad, please don't dance like that!! you are embarrassing me!!" :lol:

true the next poster has been to europe before ?

thank you for your opinions - i knew you would be honest with me. i am just going to have to think about this a lot. i can't help but feel that i could delay this for a couple years and he will still be just as brilliant. i just don't want to miss anything with him. he is just the coolest little kid ever!!

now in THAT pic, she looks like hell!! :P

true :lol: the next poster is a jonny buckland fan

the timing is just horrible - and YES, i am being selfish. my selfishness is twofold: 1. i don't want him to grow up socially inept 2. i hate to see him grow up so fast. he is so sweet, and this is just really hard for me to swallow...

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false - i appreciate your wackiness the next poster did better on his description of the female life form

man, if this is true, i hope they give him/her a more "normal" name. the name apple is cute, but they have gotten so much grief about it. and i don't think she looks that bad in the pic...

true - not a very flattering description, but.... the next poster is interested in biology :lol:

yeah - but i spent the signing bonus on my HOUSE... so losing it would pretty much be a financial disaster for me. i HATE money!! :angry:

^saw coldplay on september 10th :idea2:

false the next poster has over 1000 posts

^is funny :lol:

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