Tabby Woo

Tabby Woo is my nick name for our oldest daughter Tabitha. She turned 18 on October 7th. It is starting to sink in a bit at a time and tonight is a big bit. Tonight she will march in her last high school football game. I cannot believe it.

It seems like an hour ago that she was in beginner band and I was working with her on basic rudiments. She has blossomed into the section leader for the bass drum line. She is part of a drum line that has gone undefeated since her first high school competition. I am so very proud of that.

More than that I am proud of the young Christian woman she has become. Who could ask for more than that? I am so excited for her future even though it is so hard to see her grow up.

I told her today that it is the beginning of many "lasts" for this year and years to come for me and her mother. She has three siblings right behind her. At the same time I am hopeful for the future. She has plans to go into nursing. I pray that she will succeed.

Thanks for allowing me to just pour out some thoughts about my firstborn. And for those of you who have gone through it, I solicit your prayers and thoughts on how to help us deal with this whole "child-trying-to-leave-the-nest" syndrome. It ain't no fun (to put it in the southern style of speaking).