My youngest niece just turned fifteen yesterday. Fifteen. It's hard to wrap my head around the idea that we don't have any little girls anymore. Any day now she could start bringing home, gasp, boys.
Sure, it's a cliche, but it seems like just yesterday we saw her going to school for the first time. She used to sit in the laundry basket and let her sisters pull her around the house. She screamed when you told her it was bath time and then screamed when you told her to get out of that cold, filthy water.
Barbie dolls were replaced by mp3s and clothing accessories.
On the other hand, our baby isn't a baby anymore either.
As the youngest, we pampered her a bit too much, so she was never very independent. Now she is able to get out and do things on her own more. At her sister's graduation, she sat down the row, so that her uncle and aunt would have seats. Surrounded by strangers, and she was calm and respectful. Something like that would have thrown her into a sheer panic attack just a few months ago.
I am very proud of my Darling Darlene. She's come such a long way. I can't wait to see how far she goes.
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I see a lot of differences in her attitude. Especially now that everyone is always off doing their own things. Mellissa is usually always at Angel's place, I'm sometimes away at Abby's and then Mum is off at Dan's. She's left home alone sometimes and she actually prefers it that way. Though sometimes I think she's left alone a little too much...
DeDe has changed a lot, she's been forced to grow a lot. She's had to work her way through things that other kids haven't been able to push themselves through. There's a lot of reason's to be proud of her.
Too bad she doesn't see it.
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