Today was the eight grade formal. The dance that we have talked about for three years.
Destiny was asked by six different boys and thankfully, she opted to just go to the dance and hang out with friends. It made this Mama's heart breathe a little bit easier.
She has no idea how beautiful she is. Part of her beauty is that she is unaware of how many heads that she turns. In every day clothing she is beautiful, dressed up tonight with her hair and makeup done, in a gorgeous but appropriate dress, she was breathtaking.
She was nervous getting out of the car. Very timid and unsure of herself. I joked with her that if I looked like she did I would be strutting it for all it was worth.
She had a wonderful time with her friends. She slow danced once with a boy (the school obviously felt that more than one slow dance was too many) and spent the rest of the time dancing with friends.
After the dance, she wanted to go to Steak and Shake with friends and wanted me to go with her to meet her friends mom. Obviously. I was thrilled that she wasn't too cool to be seen with her mother. She walked in and every boy's head swiveled, one boy even told her how much he liked her dress.
She is growing up and there is nothing I can do about it.
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