Leap

She’s an adult all of a sudden.

But not really. 

We’ve been falling asleep to late late night talks for so long, I don’t know what we’ll do when we can’t tuck all our words to bed every night. 

She’s so kind, she’s beautiful inside and out, she’s responsible, she’s hilarious, she’s thoroughly enjoying that liberating feeling of being DONE with high school, and she’s discovering her extroverted side.

She loves to have adventures and just go do things with people. She’s helpful and wants to work hard. 

Done with high school. On social media now. Emerging adult Reese is one of my favorite Reese’s so far. I’m definitely not the only one who feels this way. 

Boys are lining up to date her. (3 different dudes showed up in the course of one day, and another one texted to ask her out.) 

She’s so dang fun. She’s finally got a break from school and can enjoy her time more.

We are so here for it. 

She’s in my bed every night downloading every event and emotion of the day until 1 or 2 am. And in the morning she comes back downstairs and crawls back into my bed. I’m soaking up every drop of her. 

The future is so bright for her. Watching all of it unfold is my favorite show ever. 

I try not to even think about not having my best friend around at my hip to talk to every 5 minutes. 

You might think that’s a joke but it’s every five minutes. She’s just my best friend in the whole world. 

She’s everything. I don’t even know how to Meg without Reese and I think our ridiculous codependency is gonna be the toughest thing about sending her off to school. Our families and friends who live in Utah really have no idea the leap it takes for a parent yo trust that we’ve done enough to teach our children good principles, set boundaries, develop a solid testimony of their Savior, and then send them off into the wild. It’s gotta be easier when you live 20 minutes from campus, vs 20 hours. We’ll figure it out.  But she’ll definitely be navigating tough classes and work and friends and broken hearts and mission prep and all the things with a whole lot of distance between us. It’s so good for her. She’ll be fine. I’ll be fine. Her dreams are all coming true. Hard work is paying off. She’s a wise girl and she’s ready. 

I’m trying to balance showing my excitement for her while masking some of my gut wrenching sadness for myself. I know I don’t need to. She knows all of it. 

Oh Reeses, we love you to Pieces.