caitlin will be a high school graduate in less that 10 day now.
it hardly seems possible - and it all sounds so cliche...
but the time has gone by so fast. i remember bringing her
home from the hospital, laying on the bed with her that
first night and bursting into tears, being suddenly overwhelmed
by the magnitude of the responsibility that lay ahead.
i suddenly felt this sense of urgency...this feeling that i had to
learn everything i would ever need to know about raising her
for the next 18 years right there and then. with calm reassurance
steven gently held us both and explained that it would all be
ok...things will be fine...it will all work out... we've got time...
18 years is a long way off.
he was only partly right.
