“Have you carried everything that you need?” my mother kept asking me. I felt like rolling my eyes for the third time. She had asked me this question over and over again. I kept wondering what the fuss was all about. In my head, I kept telling myself that I was only going off to college. Onn the other hand, my mother could not help but showcase her joy. She ensured that she bragged to everyone of her friends that her daughter was going off to college. It was simply not just any college, but…