Our daughter, Sloan, is spending her spring break from college in Mexico. Instead of lounging on the beach and becoming a candidate for a "Girls Gone Wild" video - she is spending it on a mission trip through her church to an orphanage for special needs kids.
This is so like her. She is a senior this year and the whole time she has been in college she has never gone on a spring break trip. It figures that the first time she does, it's to do charity work!
She has grown up to be a kind, thoughtful, caring soul - and if I must say so myself - absolutely beautiful. She has her whole wonderful life ahead of her.
But I must confess, it's still hard for me to think of her going out into the real world. I didn't even like to think of her going to Mexico, especially after the State Department issued a travel warning.
While she's been in college, I have deluded myself into thinking she's safely tucked away into an institute of higher learning not too far from home and we bought ourselves some time. Unfortunately, that's quickly coming to an end and I have to come to terms with her growing up and going out.
Thankfully, I still have a little time before I have to do that!
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