Just looking at the pictures of the younger daughter from last night, as she was headed off to her Senior Prom. As objectively as any father can put it, she was gorgeous and says this morning that she had a great time.
And like any father, I don’t really want to know much more detail than that.
We are in one of those moments where life is marking some major turning points. Maddie, the aforementioned younger daughter, is wrapping her high school years. Shortly, she will be focused on heading to college at Jacksonville University this fall.
This is more remarkable than you can know, because once upon a time we weren’t even sure that Maddie would make it through high school because of the medical challenges she faced. Thus her accomplishments of the moment are even more precious to us.
Her older sister, Katy, will wrap up her college years next weekend, graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, from the University of Maryland. This will officially put her ahead of her Dad, who never got around to finishing up that whole college degree thing.
Katy isn’t quite done with the college experience, as she will soon move down into Washington, DC in the fall to begin graduate school at The George Washington University. She will be a research and teaching assistant, working towards a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience.
Talk about surpassing your old man, and then some.
Please allow me the moment of fatherly boasting, but I couldn’t be prouder of both of our daughters.
For what they have achieved and for who they are.
They really are remarkable young women in their own right, and have amazing futures ahead of both of them. Fortunately for them, they inherited their looks and intelligence from their Mom. Their sense of humor and ability to spend, well that they got from me.
Now you’ll forgive me for cutting this post short, but I have to go see what is in my eye that keeps making it water up so much. Must be some dust or an errant eyelash.
Plus, I don’t understand why I feel like someone just punched me in the gut.
I am a boastful father too, Kirk. On Sunday, May 16, my son gets his BA in Politics with a Sociology minor form the University of Hartford. Ithas been a long journey.
And like you, I need to cut my reply short to check on my eyes as well *wink*
Maddie is a wonderful girl. I’m blinking, too.