Senior Prom

Macy and her boyfriend, Kyle. A beautiful couple, her in a long red dress and him in his army uniform. Naturally they made the front page of the Plaindealer!
Friends Cora Lee and Brandon

and friends Cory and Gretchen

Rough days ahead

there are rough days ahead for me because of this beautiful young lady. She's strong, stubborn, courageous, funny, talented and just plain amazing. Her favorite term to describe herself lately is "awesomeness" and she's right. She's going to be graduating in three weeks and I know how fast time will fly and she'll be moving out. Moving away from me and that makes me sad. This is the time in my life (with a high school graduate) that I get to be selfish and not want to let her go. That I get to tell her that I will miss her a lot and I don't know what I'll do without her. Not to make her feel guilty - it won't work anyway - but just as stating a fact. The last couple of years have been wrought with worries and fears about her future and because we were on that journey together I feel so much more confident in how she will handle the curve balls that life throws at you. There was a pretty awesome person in our lives through that rough stuff that is completely responsible for helping us get rid of the crap and helped us focus on productive ways to live with each other. Thank you is pretty lame but without her we'd be in so much trouble. As sad as I am about letting her go, I'm just as excited to see what comes next for her. It's going to be good. I can tell. Love you, Macy!