The last of the big events

Today is my daughter's prom (in Puerto Rico you have the prom AFTER graduation). It is the last of the big events for the family. We are all getting prettied up and getting on the car,driving for an hour to go to a beautiful hotel (La Concha) and we will have a date while my daughter is reunited with all her high school buddies for one last time.

They are all excited, no one more than her mother. Yes, that would be me. As I sit here and remember 24 years ago, my graduation/graduation dinner/prom (all in one night), I think about how fast time goes by. I wonder what new challenges lay ahead. I'm not talking about the move alone, life, as we know it, is changing right now for my family, for my daughter, for me. I am a 42 year old emptynester. I think that is young to be going through that.

Now I am going to have a lot of time for me. Oh, the things I can do now. The jobs I can have, the experiences, the adventures. I served my time as a mother to a baby who grew up to be a wonderful young lady. Now that young lady starts her own adventure. This is the perfect example of what an AVIDDIVA is. It is time for me. But tonight, it is all about the prom. I leave you with this thought: enjoy all the little moments.