Daughter's Graduation

Wow! It has been forever since I have posted anything. To say that this last year has been a crazy one would be the understatement of the year. I will post more about that in another blog.

Today, I am filled with lots of different emotions. Today my daughter graduates. Yesterday, we had her graduation party as well as attended 2 other parties of close friends. Today, we will attend another friend's party then off to see our daughter graduate with over 400 other kids in her school.

Anybody that has had teen girls in their life knows that you wonder if you will ever see the graduate. Mostly, because you are either going to have them committed till they are 21 or you are going to check yourself into a mental health institution until they are 21. Girls are a blessing and a curse. One minute you have a sweet daughter and the next there is a screaming entity in their room that you have never met. I love my daughter and wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. That being said, I am also extremely glad that I only have 1 daughter and 2 boys. I don't know how families with multiple girls do it.

 It seems like just yesterday when this little blond, noisy, giggly girl came into my life. She was about 2 1/2 when I first met her. Her dad and I were dating at the time. That was in 1999. Fast forward to today and she is still blond, noisy, and giggly and 18. I am so proud to call her my daughter. She has to face struggles that many other kids do not have to. She could allow this to make her angry and bitter. Instead, she goes through life doing the best she can and enjoying it all. She has worked so hard to get to this day. Her path in life will never be easy and it isn't the one we parents would have hoped for her. However, I wouldn't change her for the world. Just about anything can make her giggle and that giggle just makes me smile! Instead of wishing what might have been, we have worked together with her other set of parents to help be the best that she can be. This summer she will start attending Community Campus. This group will help her gain even more independent and job skills and work with her one on one at a job site to get those skills. She has an amazing love for animals and for science. She loves to read and science books about animals are some of her favorites. She takes such joy in the little things in life. She is a good reminder to stop and "smell the roses".

So today, May 17, 2015, we will celebrate you Miss E! You have made it through high school! There is a whole big world waiting out there for you, your smiles, and your giggles!

This is a picture from her Senior Prom. She is pictured with her Dad.