Tomorrow, as we close a long chapter on our lives, I can’t help but wonder what did we forget?

Tomorrow, she graduates from High School.  Did we remember to teach her to:

• Wear your seat belt
• Make good choices
• Park in a safe parking lot/area
• Get a lot of rest before an important exam
• Look both ways before you turn/cross the street
• Brush your teeth
• Take your vitamins
• Drink lots of water
• Remember Father’s and Mother’s Day and your sibling’s birthdays 
• Come home for holidays, bring friends – there’s always room for one or two more
• Look out for a friend who needs help
• Call, text or write every so often
• Have fun
• Remember that this moment will pass, good, bad or meaningless – remember the good things, and the bad (so you don’t repeat mistakes)
• Take pictures…and share them with others
• Know that you will think you’re in love and you might be, but it may not last forever…
• Tomorrow is another day
• Be nice, kind and caring – to others and yourself

What did we forget is easy to ask, but oh, my goodness, isn’t there a lot that we have taught her?  We just have to trust that she knows the things she needs to know.

~ Dawn aka Hat Girl