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One Almost Grown<\/h2>\n

My daughter is off on her Jr. retreat this week. Her absence hit me harder than usual. She has been away from home before but somehow I miss her more this time. Her eventual departure for college is looming ever closer and I suspect it has me a bit rattled. On the one hand, I am beyond excited to see where she goes in life but I am in disbelief at how quickly her childhood as flown by. I am plagued by doubts of did I prepare her properly.<\/p>\n

Recently my friend Anne, a veteran college student mom, recommended this list of 33 Life Skills Your Kid Needs to Be an Adult<\/a>. I would say we are about 65% there. Good news is my DD is pretty resourceful but I only have 1.5 years left to get her ready and face my life with her off at college.<\/p>\n

One in a Man’s Body<\/h2>\n

Halloween is upon us and as my 14 year old, man-sized child contemplates his social options for the evening, I hope he chooses trick-o-treating over the myriad of other potentially dangerous choices. However, I am well aware his 6’1″ frame may be greeted with distain and possible outright hostility at many of the doors he visits. Even in his oversized body, he is still just a child at heart. Check out this article on the subject: Don’t Snub the Teenage Trick-o-Treaters This Halloween<\/a>. Yes, Please Don’t!<\/p>\n

The rest of us will be doing scare duty in my friend’s haunted house. The theme is IT and I may scare myself!<\/p>\n

Happy Halloween! ?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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