My kid is seventeen???

Emily is turning 17 on September 3. I can't believe we have just two more years with her, and then she'll be going to college. Lately, I've been trying to be as involved in her interests as possible, to max the quality time, before she'll be gone. I miss the little girl I used to know, and I was reminded of that yesterday when she was feeling really sick with a bad cold. She actually needed me and wanted hugs. Just like when she was little. I can't believe the time has gone so fast.

Then there's Ricky. Just two years ago he was a good six inches shorter than me, and now he's at least a half foot taller, all arms and legs and no fat on his body. If he falls in a pool I'm afraid he'll sink. He eats like a walking garbage can and still is having growing pains now and then. He says he has eight hundred girl friends and they all seem to text message him constantly on his phone and facebook. He is now in high school. I guess I just never imagined my kids as older like this. It always seemed like they'd be little forever, and that I would always be with them. I better stop, I'm getting sad.

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