Promoting was merely a facet of his job. Like your family, my family's dynamics are in a constant state of overdrive. Whenever they have to establish a new locale, invariably a contact surfaces with ties to Iowa City. Pleasantries are exchanged, semi-true stories are shared, and suddenly a friendship is created. Most major metropolitan areas have an alumni club filled with enthusiastic Hawkeyes.
More friendships grow.
Instead of the predictable dread of relocating to a lonely and unfamiliar area, new friends exist and social growth occurs. The common denominator is easily evident. Maybe Hunter was correct. Whatever the occasion, my cherubs recultivate old friendships and enthusiastically reaffirm allegiance to their dear sweet alma mater. It's as if they had never left.