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It is hard to believe that we are already almost through one month in a brand new year…normally I do not think it would affect me but to be honest with you I feel like a kid on her bike who is dragging her feet so things do not go so quickly…

It must truly be the mom of a senior in high school syndrome…college applications, visits and financials almost all decided until the spring deadline….prom dress already purchased but no worries about the date.  It is a new world when you buy the dress then work on the date but I am loving the idea that many kids now go as friends to the prom.

Nicole’s final spring dance recital will begin rehearsal this weekend. Midterms are next week with senior trip, picnic and graduation not far off…

I guess my biggest dose of reality came with the choosing of the pictures and words to put on her personal page in her senior yearbook…with every picture we found I wondered where the time had gone?  My words were inspired by many of your suggestions on facebook to follow my heart…I just could not put into words what it has been like to be her mom…I guess now I get why my mom cried at my graduation and cheered so loudly for me at every school event…I would share my graduation picture but my mom took my sister and my picture in front of our front door except my pictures were of the gown only since she managed to cut off my head…lol

Nicole is very excited to decorate her cap with the colors of the college she will be attending in the fall…all of that is still undecided with the hardest decisions still to come…

I will be honest and tell you that I am holding on to every moment…I suck at change in my life…I already warned my youngest niece who is the only one in our family still to graduate from high school that Aunt Pat will be at all of your games in the fall…

If next time you see me on the air I have holes in my shoes it is because I am dragging my feet so that these final months do not go as fast….being a mom is hard and yet the best thing in the world…

As I said in the beginning I would love you to share your memories, advice and thoughts with me…maybe I should buy an extra pair of shoes….thanks for sharing my journey!