They grow up so fast

I'm in a writing kind of mood, but nothing specific is coming to mind. Maybe something will magically form as I'm typing. Let's see...today I went to my sister's "Rose & Candle Ceremony." It's an awards ceremony and also a symbolic thing where the seniors pass the torch (candle) on to the juniors. Kind of nice, kind of long. I'm glad I went, though. She got some awards and I saw her in her graduation gown for the first time. She graduates on Monday and she'll be going to college in August! I can't believe that. As I always say, I (thought I) was so much older at that age.

Since I'm 7 years older than her, she has kind of always been my pseudo baby. We have sort of a love-hate relationship--sometimes we're so goofy and affectionate that it's rather sickening and sometimes we drive each other crazy. We're pretty close, though, despite the age difference and relative lack of things in common. Our similarities don't extend too far beyond our looks, music, the occasional movie, and our secret gangsta swagger (hehe). Her school did a "senior sendoff" variety show and she was in a skit. I saw a video of it and was thinking "Which one is she?" until...out of nowhere, someone threw up a gangster-style peace sign and got the girl next to her to do some sort of (sitting down) hip hop move! Okay, we are related. :) I hate to see her grow up and "leave the nest," so to speak, but I think it will be good for her.

I happened across my yearbook from senior year the other day, and I had no idea that this was my senior quote: "Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say 2) Not saying it." After I saw it, though, I remembered that I found that on the inside of a Dove chocolate wrapper. Actually, if you think about it, that is rather fitting.