Prom tonight!
A coming of age ritual when little girls become princesses
for a night. A night when beautiful young women in elegant dresses and handsome young
princes dance the night away in celebration of the first real step away from
childhood.
Once a pairing off of couples signaling the beginning of
long term relationships, it is now often a group dating experience that is
actually much more innocent than those of the past.
Our children are learning the value of friendships, the
power of hard earned fun, the joy of being present and experiencing the bliss
of being themselves.
They have a long road ahead of them: years of schooling,
years of learning, mistakes to make, lessons to learn. Life lived, not on a silver platter, but with
both feet on the ground and I think they’re off to a good start.
On this one night, as they step out of the every day
plainness into fairy tale elegance, my heart aches with the beauty of them and swells
with the pride of all they have become and are becoming.
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