Disappointment

One of the fall outs from our trip to Cadillac was that my middle daughter, Emily, had her first Junior High dance that week. She was all excited and had made plans with friends to go. She even had the boy that she has taken a shine to ask her to go with him. It nearly broke my heart to tell her that we were going on a family outing and that her first dance would have to wait.

She took it well. No tantrums or bouts of crying. She asked what she should tell the boy who asked her out. We (my wife and I) told her to thank him but you have another obligation with your family but make sure you tell him to ask you to the next dance.

Well, she took our advice and low and behold, he asked right there to the next dance, whenever it was. Sometimes, parents get it right.

She had a great weekend up in Cadillac with swimming and shopping and eating out so the weekend was a plus for her. Somehow, I am still a little disappointed that I had to take her away from her first real dance. I guess parents look forward to seeing their kids grow and grow up.

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Cobb