Our eldest daughter graduates today. The ceremony starts in an hour and a half. She is finishing up one part of her life and starting a whole new chapter. She isn't quite 18 yet, so she technically isn't an adult, but she is one step closer tonight.
It is funny and hard to deal with the evolving teen. We have one that has been in college a year now and is independent in all ways except monetary. Something he seems to feel is ok and yet it isn't. He feels as if he can come and go as he please, eat, live, and use the laundry facilities without chipping in. He doesn't mow the lawn when he is home, doesn't really do anything. I refuse to allow this to happen with the second one.
The oldest one, I wasn't around for the foundation years. Well, his foundation was set before K and I moved in together. With K's younger 2, its a different story. I am much more involved with them than I am with R. I look back and wonder if I could have done it differently, but i realize that is is pointless to look back for to long because the only thing that I will accomplish is giving myself a cramp in the neck muscles.
L has some growing up to do still - most of that will happen in the college years. I am looking forward to seeing her mature, but will miss her too.
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