Graduation's Coming!

OK, so The Boy's graduation from high school is still about five months away.

I don't remember really what it felt like to be a senior getting closer to college and adult life. But since August, I've been facing these...milestones that remind me my son is almost there.

I remember thinking, "This is the last time we'll register for your classes here."

Every year we've ordered a yearbook, but that was the last time we will at that school.

Senior pictures made me mist up a little. I keep comparing them to his baby pictures. He's grown into such a fine young man.

We've already had his last winter concert in high school.

Now, we just completed the order form for his class ring, graduation announcements, and (gasp!) cap and gown!

Wow.

It won't be long before he's a high-school graduate. "Pomp and Circumstance," crossing a stage, receiving a diploma, and all that. 

Yes, of course I've known it was coming for a long time. But every day the concept becomes a little more concrete.

It's sort of a sensation like finding out I was pregnant all those years ago. Things basically look and feel the same way today as they did yesterday. But now it's like the "stick turned pink." In a few months, something big is going to happen and life is going to change.

Wow.