Friday night football in Texas is not like any other state in the US and believe me, I have been to alot of football games all over.
Its Kellie's Senior year.. all the excitement and rush has always been exhilerating.. but this is the final game known as Homecoming. And as usual, MHS goes and loses the Homecoming game. In the final quarter with less than 2 minutes to the end of the game and wham.. its gone. 20 to 17. Sheesh! They played a great game. Just dammit.. we are supposed to win this one of ALL games.. and we let the Longview Lobos kick our butts!
Oh well..
My baby girl. Kellie Marissa.. the shining light. The character. The funny one. The middle child. How can I express the joy, love and pride that wells up in me when I look at her?
I got her proofs back from the yearbook photo shoot yesterday and I wanted to cry. My gosh, how did I create such a beautiful girl? Blonde, blue eyed.. amazing creature.
Intelligent. Goal-oriented. She knows exactly where she wants to be and how she is going to get there. I could not have raised a more well rounded child again.
In just a few short months her time will end and her cocoon will open, wings will spread and she'll be gone. She'll walk across the stage with honors. She'll make her mark on society in a grand way. She'll enter college and make something of herself before she ever heads off for bootcamp in the United States Army.
My daughter.
Everything I wanted to be, she is. Everything of me, she has taken a piece of and bettered it. Look out world.. she's coming.
