Into the real world...

All kids grow up someday.  It's a fact of life.  They are born, they walk and talk, and start school...and then you blink...and then they graduate.  And go out into the world and you pray to God that you have done what you could to produce a productive member of society. 

Success, all of the above. 

There is pride...and then there is this pride.  I am filled to the eyeballs with pride.  I was spilling out of my eyeballs with this pride.  There really is nothing else to say.  I'm so proud of this little girl, and I am so proud of the young woman that she has become.  And I'm not scared to send her off into the real world.  And yes, we will prolong that whole sending off thing as long as possible.