Moving on....
My daughter is moving on. While I've waited all her life for this moment, I'm more sad about it than I thought I would be. Maybe because she and I talk a lot more than we used to. Maybe because she and I are temple buddies and go to the temple as often as we can. Even though she was gone for five months last year and we were able to adjust, and then re-adjust when she came back, I am still a bit sad to see her go. I want her to go and figure out life and be an adult. I think she's ready for that. I am a little comforted to know that she will be renting a room from my sister. She won't just be thrown into the big bad world on her own. She will also be sharing a bathroom with my niece/her cousin. With all those schedules, they may or may not see each other much, but it will be a familial environment far away from home, that might help ease her into reality. Backing up a couple of months.... In February, I just felt so strongly that B needed to go to the temple. She was...