My Angel
So many memories are beginning to surface for me as we watch and experience High School
all over again as seen through the eyes of my precious first born child.
I wasn't a real part of any of the "popular" crowds when I was in High School. I was a theatre junkie and a "jacket slave" errr... I mean Jacket Babe. ;) (those who went to school in Rockwall will totally know what I mean). That is to say I was on the drill team in 9th grade. I chose to focus on theatre after that. Theatre was pretty much all that mattered to me back then. I never had a high school sweetheart...I never really got excited about anything in High school...I just did my thing to get out of there as fast as possible. I think I thought that I was older than I was. Maybe I felt I was too good for all that teenagery stuff. I dunno, what I do know is that I had some fun times, but for the most part I was just ready to be out of school and move on with life. Shayna is quite the opposite. She runs in the more popular circles, yet she is together enough to realize that there is more to life than just being in the popular group. She has friends from all facets of the school, shows compassion and sensitivity to those who have less friends and doesn't feel the need to conform or reshape her ideals to be accepted by those who are in the more popular groups. She makes good grades and is in all honors/Gifted and talented classes. As a mom, I always say that Shayna makes being the mom of a teenager FUN...she isn't a beat down and miserable to live/interact with.
Shayna is smart, funny, loves God and man is she beautiful (inside and out) ... she's the whole package (if I do say so myself). Can you tell I'm a little bit proud of my sweet Angel? For 14 years now she has been my whole life (15 if you count the pregnancy)....and I can hardly believe that she is now officially a FISH! My baby is growing up on me and it is happening way to fast.
Here are a few of the firsts we had this week as she entered her freshman year in high school.
First High School Football game - Scrimmage
First day of cramming to finish an assignment
*yes...she had homework assignments over the summer in both Spanish II and English*
Shayna....you are one of life's greatest joys! Your energy and spark for life kept me going when it was just you and I against the world. You are one of God's greatest gifts to me! I love being your mother and I love watching you grow into the incredibly amazing young woman that you are becoming. I will cherish every moment of these last four years that I get to have you around in our home...so forgive me when I dote and take pictures all the time. :) I can't help it - I'm just so amazed by you.
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