It is hard to believe that my youngest daughter, Victoria, is 15 years old today! My theme about time flying is getting a little old but it is more and more evident each and every day. I remember the day this photo was taken like it was yesterday. I was blowing the bubble as Victoria's little hand reached out to catch it. Victoria has been chasing bubbles, and faeries and enchantment her entire life. She was fascinated with anything magical and we went on many a faerie hunt in the near by wood. Stepping ever so quietly and carefully, letting the faeries get used to our presence so perhaps we might be honored with a peek or two into their tiny world. "ooh...Did you see her Mommy?" She was always creating concoctions and potions to cast mystical spells and she had a secret drawer in her closet to hold her favorite "witchie" accessories.
As she grew older, her interests changed to the Theatre, another magical place where enchantment spilled out of every corner. In the fifth grade she became involved with a youth drama group and she quickly found it to be her calling. Victoria can memorize lines as if by osmosis, amazing her family as well as her peers and directors. She joined the Show Choir in high school and loves to perform with this group of tight knit and talented friends. She was one of the few freshman to get a part in her high school musical, cast as Galileo in Godspell. After achieving straight A's last year, Victoria and her father set off on their Broadway adventure taking in 5 shows in one short weekend! While her heart belongs to musical theatre, she also enjoys tennis and is practicing hard to make the team this fall. AND let's not forget Drivers Education starts in a couple of weeks! Victoria is having a fabulous time and growing up as fast as she can, much to her mother's chagrin and dismay.
Where are you going my little one, little one?
Where are you going my baby, my own?
Turn around and you're three.
Turn around and you're four.
Turn around and your a young girl going out of the door.
This is part of a song that always makes me cry. I don't remember the author.
It's time to dry my eyes and get the cake baked!!!
Ron Stewart Portraiture
kathleen,
thanks for swinging by. I would gladly trade atc's with you. This entry strikes so close to my heart. My son completes his junior year tomorrow and even though he is so eager to leave home, my heart is heavy as we start the college search in earnest. I don't want to stand in his way, but like you, I remember the hospital room where he was delivered. Where o where did all those years go? How can I have an almost 17 year old? I remember lining up at college for a dorm room!! We must let them go despite how bittersweet it is. They must find their wings and fly....hopefully we taught them well and no mishaps befall them. Then hopefully, they come back to visit. I saw Lion King on the London equivalent of Broadway and just hang on to the fact that this is the circle of life... the way it has always been. The way it will always be.
Posted by: tina | May 29, 2008 at 06:25 PM
Hi Kathy... I think that might be one of the MOST beautiful baby pictures I've ever seen... stunning! OK, now I've been the one lurking, and reading, and enjoying your family. Your family photos are really beautiful, as is every one of you in the pictures! So nice to see such a beautiful family that is still together, whether they are in physical proximity of each other, or not! :)
Posted by: kathy McCreedy | May 29, 2008 at 09:40 PM