The End Of An Era

Well, no matter how much I don't want to face it, tonight is the End of An Era in my life. Tonight, our oldest daughter is going to be performing her last choir concert as a high school student. She will most likely be performing again at graduation in a few weeks, but this is the last official concert she will still be a high school student. 

I am so proud of her. She is becoming an intelligent, well rounded, and most importantly independent young woman. She is the first of our 5 to get out of high school, and her little sister is going to quickly hit this same mark in two years. In a very short time I will go from having 5 children, to being the parent of two young women and three kids. 

I never believed my friends when they told me time would fly once I got married and had kids, but it has. I had my goals and benchmarks I wanted to hit by now, and they have all passed with me always telling myself I would get around to them. I don't regret my choices, but I do know that I did the best I could with what I was allowed to have. 

I look forward to watching her get her diploma in three weeks, but more importantly I await the road ahead. Like every parent I hope she is spared the mistakes I made in my life, but I will do what I can to make sure she has what she needs to make her own choices. Make sure you take the time to enjoy your kids. Before you know it, they are all grown up and you are both too busy.