Endings

In a few short days our daughter will be 21, the age where childhood ends and adulthood begins. Some people may think it's actually 13, but trust me your parents don't see it until you are at least 21, some never see it. It's hard to let them grow up and to move away, to spread their wings and start to live their lives. We never want to let go but we have to let them learn what it is to be an adult. Now comes the days and nights of even more endless worrying for us the left behind, now comes the days and nights where we wonder if they are okay, if they are being treated right, heck we even worry if they are getting enough sleep and enough food. So just because you leave us your parents alone, doesn't mean we will ever stop being the same people who worried about the same things when you were little. So in your hurry to live a full and meaningful life just remember to every once in a while give us a nod or a wink to let us know you are doing Ok.  

Out In Cali

Well our daughter is out in California for the summer. It was her mother's idea, not mine. We have to let them grow, and we have to let them move on in their lives. I don't think it should all be in the same summer though. They all grow up but sometimes it's to fast, we want them to always stay eight years old so they never have to suffer any heartbreak. It's hard to let your children go, it's not the easiest time in a parents life. Daughters are harder to let grow up than boys, I know that sounds sexist but ask any father what the most traumatic time in their life was and they will all tell you the same thing. With a boy you tell them "Son be kind and loving and never hurt the one you love" with a daughter it's hard to sit them down and tell them, in the course of their lives they are going to meet people who will treat them unkind, or hurt them physically or mentally. Daughters  are easily blinded, never meeting the true person until it's way to late. So to my little girl I say, Keep your eyes open and if he looks like he's glowing put on some polarized sunglasses and look for the real person buried under the glitter.