Little Girl Grows Up

Well, after much planning, hemming and hawing, stressing and finally a whole lot of smiling, Meghan attended her high school senior prom last night. She went stag -- and found that a whole lot of girlfriends did the same. And she had a wonderful time. It's a tradition for all the seniors to head down to Lynch Park in Beverly for pictures before the prom (which was held at the Cambridge Hyatt this year), and Meghan posed with tons of friends (and a few guys who insisted on being in photos with her -- which delighted Howard and I). I'm just putting a few of her and us up on the blog. She told me bleary-eyed this morning, when she came back home that she had a fantastic time both at the prom and at an after-party, which lasted until 7 a.m. God. What a week.

On Tuesday night, she and a friend did a reading from Martha Graham on being a dancer at the Baccalaureate ceremony. On Wednesday, she received a $500 scholarship at awards night. Then Thursday - the prom. On Saturday, sibling #3 (to whom I am forever grateful) will be driving down with the boy and the matriarch (again, did I saw I am forever grateful) so they can be here for graduation on Sunday afternoon. Hopefully, she will survive hearing the story of how Aunt Evelyn wants to come up this summer for the 234th time in the car on the way down. Just nod and say "uh huh...". A lot.