it was bound to happen sooner or later, the teenager is graduating from high school. this right of passage, symbolizing adulthood...
my graduation from high school was quite different...pregnant with the now teenager that i referred to above. my path was set. i looked for the college education that would provide the shortest route to make a viable income. gone were dreams of music, art, advocacy...those dreams were frivolous, not afforded to a pregnant teenager from rural southern illinois.
as i look at my daughter, i see the hundreds of paths surrounding her. which one(s) will she choose? she's always been the child standing to the left of all the others her age. quite shy in her earliest years, it didn't take long for it to become evident that she did not necessarily desire to lead, but would not follow.
i am filled with hope...and much pride.
anxiously awaiting the next chapter in her book.
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