As a single mother and professor, I raised my 2 daughters on a college campus. My kids loved it.

• As a single mother and professor, I struggled financially, so we moved into a rental on campus. 
• My two daughters grew up on the college campus where I worked, and the students became mentors. 
• This home was supposed to be temporary, but I still love it years later. 

Living on a 1,000-acre college campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, my children had the freedom to walk past a herd of cows to get to the bus stop, eat in the cafeteria, and wade with friends in the Swannanoa River. The only place they weren't allowed to go was into the dorms.